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Marquis de Rubi
Marquis de Rubi was born in 1725. On August 7, 1765, King Carlos III named Rubi inspector of presidios and licensed him to report urgent matters like economic abuses, and Rubi traveled to Los Adaes and began his inspection on September 14, 1767. Rubi recommended the abandonment of East Texas, and also recommended a war against the Lipan Apaches. He filed an official report to April 10, 1768. The result of his recommendations and report made a great impact on Texas. -
Philip Nolan
Philip Nolan came to Texas during the 1790's. He showed his plan to the governor of Louisiana, to travel to Teas to capture mustangs and market them in Louisiana; the plan was approved. Spanish officials became suspicious of him because of his exploring and map making, and arrested him in 1800. When Nolan returned to Texas on another expedition, he was killed in a fight. -
Father Miguel Hidalgo
Father Miguel Hidalgo was known as the father of Mexican independence because he led the first rebellion against the Spanish in Mexico. On September 16,1810, he rang a church bell and called everyone in the town. He made a speech called Grito de Dolores (Cry of Dolores) and called for a rebellion so that Mexicans could govern Mexico instead of Spaniards. Hidalgo was later captured and shot as a rebel on August 1, 1811. -
Jose Gutierrez de Lara
Jose Bernardo Maximiliano Gutierrez de Lara was born on August 20, 1774 in Revilla, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Gutierrez was commissioned by the rebels to solicit aid in the United States. After he collected his supplies in 1811, He continued his mission in August 1811. Gutierrez met Jose Alvarez de Toledo in Philadelphia, January 1812 and made plans for the liberation of Texas and Mexico. He met William Shaler, who helped him return to Texas. In 1812 both men were in the Gutierrez-Magee expedition. -
Augustus Magee
Augustus Magee was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1789. He made the acquaintance of Peter Samuel Davenport and Jose Bernardo Maximiliano Gutierrez de Lara, and the three of them were laying plans for an invasion of Texas. Magee resigned from the U.S. Army, and began recruiting the Gutierrez-Magee expedition. The expedition ended up being a success. He was in command of the expedition until he died in February 1813. -
Battle of Medina
The Battle of Medina was fought on August 18, 1813. The Battle of Medina affected Spain, Mexico, the U.S.A., England, and France. It between the republican forces of the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition (Gen. José Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois), who wanted to spare San Antonio from the ravages of battle, and a Spanish royalist army (Gen. Joaquín de Arredondo). The Republicans were defeated by the Spanish royalist army, -
Jean Lafitte
Jean Lafitte was an agent for Spain. He took over for Louis d'Aury to occupy the island of Galveston on May 14,1817. He then turned against Spain and supported Mexico. He and his crew arrived at Galveston May 1817, and his colony grew to about 1000. In 1818, Lafitte traveled to Texas with French adventurers and started a colony on the Trinity River, which failed. -
Dr. James Long
James Long, leader of the Long expedition, was born in Culpeper County, Virginia in 1793. About two years later, the Adams-Onis Treaty made an intense opposition that citizens planned an expedition to conquer Texas and put Long in command. The Adams-Onis Treaty was a treaty that drew a border between Spanish land and Louisiana territory. Long's expedition failed, and after the final surrender of the expedition he was imprisoned. On April 8, 1822, Long was killed by a guard. -
Mexican Federal Constitution
The Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824 was patterned after the U.S. Constitution. Congress was the representative of the document, and Catholic religion was the state faith. The president and vice president were elected for four years, by the legislators. Deputies in the lower house served for two years, and senators were chosen by their state legislators for four years. -
Merger of Coahuila and Texas
The Merger of Coahuila and Texas affected the way things happened. Legislature attempted to bring together the people, by encouraging the growth of ranches and tiling of soil. The National Colonizational Law helped Coahuila and Texas merge. It had lots of laws, to worship according to the Christian religion. Immigrants were temporarily free of tax, and and that newcomers had to take an oath promising to put up with the federal and state constitutions, -
State Colonizational Law
The State Colonizational Law of 1825 is the base of all colonization contracts that affected Texas. All state laws had to confirm to the act that no lands could be granted within twenty leagues of an international boundary or within ten leagues of the coast without the approval of federal authority. The congress reserved the right to stop immigration from other nations because of national securtiy. The State Colonizational Law was published on March 25, 1825. -
State Constitution of Coahuila and Texas
The Constitution of Coahuila and Texas was published on March 11, 1827. Catholic religion was made the state faith, and citizens were promised security, property, and liberty. Legislative power was given to legislature made of twelve deputies voted by popularity. Executive power was given to the governor and vice governor for four years, by popularity. Judicial power was given in state courts in charge of minor crimes.
