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When Mexico got its independence starting with the gritto de Dolores on september 16 1810 and a 11 year battle
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The first mexican constitution which established the country as a federal republic -
When a Mexican emparsario Haden Edwards got to nagadoches and found people under his land grant he threatened settlers and they went to Mexican gover ment which terminated his contract in response he built the ferdonian republic -
The Mexican government sent Manuel de Mier y
Teran to report on the conditions in Texas. In Texas he saw Mexican influence was decreasing, there was more anglo settlers, and differences in culture. When he reached Nagadoches he sent a urgent letter, and warned Mexico, Texas might rebel against Mexico. -
After the Mier y Teran report Mexico made the law of 1826. Which stopped all American immagration, terminated anglo emparrsario contracts, outlawed slaves, increased tarrifs on imported goods, and established military posts.
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Juan Bradburn, colonel of the
Mexican army, was sent to Anahuac to
enforce the Law of April 6, 1830. While he was there he had unfairly imprisoned William B Travis, and others Texans fled the fighting at Anahuac to an
area known as Turtle Bayou, and made resolutions. -
While the conflict at anahuac was
taking place, Federalist Santa Anna was
leading a revolt against Centralist
President Bustamante in Mexico. Santa Anna promised to follow the
constitution and supported sharing
power among the states. Texans also supported Santa Anna. -
While Mexico was fighting its civil war,
Texan delegates met in meetings called conventions. The delegates agreed that Texans
were still loyal to Mexico, but they
wanted Mexico to allow immigration, and make Texas a separate state from Coahuila so
that Texans could have their own
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Austins arrest worried and angerd texans Texas, also texans had began to debate do they stay peaceful or fight. After a year in prison austin had been realsed and he told the other texans we should prepare a war. -
When Austin had arrived in mexico the Mexican goverment had been dealing with the civil war. While having to wait for the Mexican congress
to meet and discuss Texas proposals. Austin
wrote a letter encouraging texans to begin
setting up their own state government. When Austin was finally able to meet with
Santa Anna, the Mexican president agreed to
U.S. immigration he didn't approve of seprate statehood for Texas although. Mexican authorites captured got the letter and arrested Austin. -
The battle of Gonzales was the first battle of the Texas revolution. When texans refused to give back a cannon in Gonzales. Several years before the battle the Mexican goverment gave them the cannon for defense reasons against native American tribes. When mexican goverment demaded they give the canon back the Texans refused, and said come and take it and the battle had begun. Texas won the fight of gonzales. -
Mexican General Martín Perfecto de Cos had
established headquarters in San Antonio,
and two months later on December 5, 1835,
the Texan army attacked On December 9. General Cos surrendered, and by December 10 he and the Mexican army were ordered to leave Texas. the Texans victory made people think the fighting was over Santa Anna would later return. -
Texas delegates were divided when they met
at the Consultation of 1835. Some wanted to
declare independence from Mexico, and
others wanted to restore the Constitution The two sides compromised, and wrote the
Declaration of November 7, 1835. as that happend they set up an ad interim government but the delegates could never agree on the next steps, and The goverment eventually fell apart. -
San Antonio was a good location to pick
because it had cannons and, was
located along the main roads leading
into Texas. Santa Anna was also ready to reclaim the
Alamo, Texans had also prepared to defend the fort. -
Santa Anna and thousands of Mexican soldiers arrived in San Antonio, and began a 13-day siege. On March 6, the Mexican army breached an outer wall, and overpowered the Texan forces. The Alamo's defenders were comprised, of a group who
came together to protect their homes. After the Battle of the Alamo, Santa Anna felt the he had achieved a complete victory. Santa Anna sent Susanna Dickinson, whose husband had been killed in the battle, to Gonzales to warn the Texans about the Mexican army. -
In February 1836, Santa
Anna’s army was marching to San Antonio to end the Texas Revolution. With the Alamo surrounded William B Travis wrote a plea for
reinforcements. He ended the letter with the words
Victory or Death. -
Texans were inspired by the American Revolution and believed in consent of the governed. George Childress is credited with writing most of the Texas Declaration of Independence, which he modeled after the U.S. Declaration of Independence.he included complaints that Texas had to mexico. Texan delegates signed the declaration on March 2, 1836, -
General Houston urgently ordered Colonel James Fannin to evacuate his troops, and retreat to the Guadalupe River as the Mexican army moved towards Goliad. Colonel Fannin was slow to respond, and by the time he ordered a retreat, Mexican General José de Urrea had managed to
capture a Texan force of 350 men Fannin surrendered his men with Urrea’s promise that they would be treated as
prisoners of war, and would eventually be released.
Santa Anna ordered Urrea to execute all Texas prisoners. -
Sam Houston halted his retreat and spent 2 weeks training 900 men before setting up camp Santa Annas army choose to camp near by Santa Anna's decision to camp proved favorable for the Texan army as Houston's military leaders decided to attack the Mexican army. -
On May 14, 1836, Santa Anna and David G. Burnet, interim president of Texas, signed two treaties of Velasco