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Fredonian Rebellion
The Fredonian Republic was an effort by the Haden Edwards and his brother declaring that Mexico could no longer control their area(Nacodogches). The rebellion was stopped by Stephen F. Austin. -
The Mier y Teran Report
The Mier y Teran was a report commissioned by the Mexican government to investigate the conditions in North Texas. -
The Law Of April 6, 1830
The Law of April 6 was passed in response to the Mier y Teran report. The law banned Anglo immigration, canceled unfulfilled empresarios grants, encourage European immigration,banned slavery, and imposed taxes on goods coming into Texas from the US. -
Battle of Anahuac
The Anahuac Disturbances were uprisings of settlers in and around Anahuac, Texas in 1832 and 1835 which helped to precipitate the Texas Revolution. This eventually led to the territory's secession from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas. -
Turtle Bayou Resolution
On June 12, 1832, Anglo-American settlers opposed to the rule of Mexican commander John Davis Bradburn fled from Anahuac north to the crossing on Turtle Bayou near James Taylor White's ranchhouse. -
Convention of 1832
The Convention of 1832 was the first political gathering of colonists in Mexican Texas. Delegates sought reforms from the Mexican government and hoped to quell the widespread belief that settlers in Texas wished to secede from Mexico. -
Election of Santa Anna
Santa Anna was elected president in 1833,Santa Anna personally led the army into Texas to squelch the revolution. He carried out a "take-no-prisoners" policy having everyone killed at the Alamo and at Goliad. -
Convention of 1833
The Convention of 1833 (April 1–13, 1833), a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas, was a successor to the Convention of 1832, whose requests had not been addressed by the Mexican government. -
The Arrest of Stephen F Austin
Believing that he was pushing for Texas independence and suspect that he was trying to incite insurrection, Austin was arrested by the Mexican government in January 1834 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. He was taken to Mexico City and imprisoned. -
The Consultation
The Consultation served as the provisional government of Mexican Texas from November 1835 to March 1836 during the Texas Revolution. Tensions rose in Texas during early 1835 as throughout Mexico federalists began to oppose the increasingly centralist policies of the government.
