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Fredonian Rebellion
The Fredonian Rebellion was a dispute between the Mexican government and the Edwards brothers, Haden and Benjamin. Haden Edwards received his empresarial grant on April 14, 1825. It entitled him to settle as many as 800 families in a broad area around Nacogdoches in eastern Texas. -
Mier Y Teran Report
incorporated into the Law of April 6, 1830, which also called for the prohibition of slavery and closed the borders of Texas to Americans. After the completion of his reports, Mier y Terán was ordered to Tampico to help repulse a Spanish invasion in August 1829. -
Law of April 6 1830
Mier y Terán's report, the Mexican Congress passed the Law of April 6, 1830. The legislation consisted of eighteen articles designed to increase Mexico's hold over Texas. At its heart was a ban on further colonists from the United States, as well as a crackdown on slavery in Texas. -
Turtle Bayou Resolution
The Turtle Bayou Resolutions. In June 1832, a group of Anglo-American settlers staged a rebellion against Mexican rule in the town of Anahuac, near Galveston.
