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Marguis de Rubi's report and his recommendations
Rubi's report caused all missions and presidios in Texas except for San Antonio and La Bahia -
Philip Nolan
Nolan had a plan to travel to Texas and capture wild horse so he could market them. Spanish authorities arrested him and upon returning to Texas, was killed. -
Father Miguel Hidalgo
He rang a the church bell. He also gave a famous speech know as the Grito de Dolors, where he called for a rebellion -
Mexican Constitution
Constitutation government in Texas began with the Mexican Federal Cinstitution in 1812, which is close to the U.S. Constitution but represents more of the Spanish Constitution of 1812 -
Jose Gutierrez de Lara
He started a revolution during the Mexican War. Along with Jose Alvarez he made plans for liberation of Tejas and Mexico. Later, he helped form the Gutierrez-Magee Expedtion. -
Dr. James Long
He was the leader of the Long expedition, and he tried to invade Tejas during the war of 1812 until he was killed in 1822. -
Augustus Magee
He served in the U.S. Army for four years and after resigning from the army he made the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition to try to invade Tejas. -
Battle of Medina
A battle between republican forces of the Gutierrez-Magee expediton and Jose Alvarez de Toledo y Dubois and Joaquin de Arredonde, which was the bloodies battle war ever faught on Texas soil -
Jean Laffite
He was involved in a plot to attack Tejas. He won the Battle of New Orleans along with his brother and traveled to Gelveston to organize a government. He betrayed French refugees to Spain. -
State Constitution
The Reublics of Texas provid that each state in the U.S. should frame its own constitution -
State Colonization Law
After the fall of Iturbide, Mexico adopted a federal system that is close to the U.S.'s, the fedral congress passed a national colonization law on August 18,1824 -
Merger of Coahuila y Texas
The State Colonization Law was made to bring the people of Coahuila and Txas together. Americans could live there, but Mexicans got first choice of land.