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RUBI, MARQUES DE
King Carlos III appointed Rubí inspector of frontier presidios and commissioned him to remedy economic abuses and other urgent matters. In all, Rubí's inspection of the northern frontier from the Gulf of California to Louisiana occupied him for twenty-three months. Which he traveled an estimated 7,600 miles. -
Jose Gutierrez de Larra
He married his cousin María Josefa Uribe and became a merchant, blacksmith, and property owner at Revilla. During the Mexican War of Independence, led by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Gutiérrez and his brother were successful in fomenting revolution.Gutiérrez was commissioned by the rebels to solicit aid in the United States. listened to the plans for establishment of a republican government in Texas -
Philip Nolan
Nolan came to Texas during the 1790s. He presented a plan to the Baron de Carondelet, governor of Louisiana, to travel to Texas to capture mustangs, or wild horses, and market them in Louisiana. Nolan and his employees made several trips to Texas.Nolan and his employees made several trips to Texas. -
Father Hidalgo
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla is known as the father of Mexican independence because he led the first revolt against Spanish rule in Mexico.Hidalgo, a priest from the village of Dolores near Guanajuato, ordered the arrest of the native Spaniards.Hidalgo, a priest from the village of Dolores near Guanajuato, ordered the arrest of the native Spaniards.Hidalgo, a priest from the village of Dolores near Guanajuato, ordered the arrest of the native Spaniards. -
Augustus Magee
He and two others were soon laying plans for an invasion of Texas. Magee, smarting over his failure to be promoted, resigned from the United States Army on June 22, 1812, and immediately began recruiting the force.Magee became seriously ill, either with consumption or malarial fever, but he remained in actual command of the expedition until his death. -
BATTLE OF MEDINA
The battle of Medina was fought on August 18, 1813, between the republican forces. This bloodiest battle ever fought on Texas soil took place twenty miles south of San Antonio in a sandy oak forest region.With a force of about 1,400 men composed of Anglos, Tejanos, Indians, and former royalists, Toledo, urged by Tejanos who wanted to spare San Antonio from the ravages of battle, chose to meet the enemy south of the city. -
Jean Lafitte
In this period the Mexicans were trying to become independent of Spain.12 to 15 ships and 500 men were given letters of Marque to raid Spanish shipping in the Gulf .d'Aury left with all of his ships but one to aid the Mexican general Mina, but falling out with him, returned to Galveston, where he was shocked to find Lafitte had sailed in and taken over on May 14, 1817 .Lafitte, was still an agent for Spain, and it was suggested by the viceroy of Cuba, Don Jose Cienfuegos, to use the Lafittes ag -
DR. James Long
DR.JAMES LONG (CA.1793-1822)
Prominent citizens planned a filibustering expedition to conquer Texas and placed Long in command.Long was imprisoned, He went to Mexico City in March 1822 to plead his case.The shooting was said to be an accident. Eviedence proved the man was hired to kill Long. -
Mexican Federal Constitution
Congress was made the final interpreter of the document; the Catholic religion was made the state faith; and the church was supported by the public treasury. The president and vice president were elected for four-year terms by the legislative bodies of the states, the lower house of Congress to elect in case of a tie or lack of a majority. There were numerous limitations on the powers of the president. The Congress was composed of two houses meeting annually from January 1 to April 15. -
State Constitution (Coahuila y Texas)
The Constitution of 1824 of the Republic of Mexico provided that each state in the republic should frame its own constitution. The state of Coahuila and the former Spanish province of Texas were combined as the state of Coahuila and Texas. The constitution divided the state into three departments, of which Texas, as the District of Bexar, was one. The Catholic religion was made the state religion; citizens were guaranteed liberty, security, property, and equality; slavery was forbidden after pro -
State Colonization Law
The National Colonization Law. After the fall of Iturbide, Mexico adopted a federal system similar to that of the United States, and the federal Congress passed the national colonization law on August 18, 1824. In effect, the national law surrendered to the states authority to set up regulations to dispose of unappropriated lands within their limits for colonization, subject to prescribed limitations. All state laws had to conform to this act and to the federal constitution. -
Merger of Coahuila y Texas
The National Colonization Law of August 18, 1824, which superseded the Imperial Colonization Law, determined how Texas would be peopled. It stipulated that those wishing colonization contracts should make arrangements with the legislatures of individual states and not the federal government. Government officials in Coahuila would thus define the course of immigration by determining whether those receiving contracts would be Anglos, Europeans, or Mexicans Government officials.
