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1821
The signing of the Treaty of Cordoba, Mexico is free from Spanish
control after 300 years as a Spanish colony and 11 years of revolution. -
1823
Mexico passes the General Colonization Law, to encourage settlement and economic growth in the remote Mexican Land of Texas. -
1824
The Mexican government adopts the Constitution of 1824. Based on
the United States constitution, Texians are, for the most part, in favor of
the document. Texas and Coahuila are joined as a single Mexican state. -
1828
U.S. interest in Texas and the large number of
Anglo settlers flowing into Mexico, the government is anxious to assess
the situation. (Mier y Teran) -
1829
In his report to the Mexican government, Mier y Teran recounts that the
Americans living in the Nacogdoches area outnumber Mexicans 10 to 1
and American influence is apparent throughout Texas. -
1830
In response to Mier y Teran's report, the Mexican government enacts
the Law of April 6th. This law prohibits the immigration of any more
Americans into Texas, places taxes on goods coming into Texas from
the U.S., prohibits slaves from entering Texas from the U.S., and
deploys Mexican troops for permanent duty station in Texas. -
1832
In June, Anglo-American settlers rebel against the Bustamente
government and its violations of the Mexican Constitution of 1824.
They adopt the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, pledging support for the
constitution and urge all Texians to support the patriots fighting under
Santa Anna to defeat military despotism. -
1832
In October, Texians convene in San Felipe de Austin for the Convention of 1832; they organize
municipalities and adopt a series of resolutions, the most controversial being a request for separate
statehood from Coahuila. The Mexican government claims the meeting is unauthorized and illegal and
does not recognize the resolutions. -
1833
Texians convene in April in San Felipe de Austin for the Convention of
1833. Delegates write a state constitution for Texas and send Stephen
F. Austin to Mexico City with a petition for statehood. Their
countrymen elect Santa Anna as the Federalist president of Mexico. -
1834
Stephen F. Austin is arrested and imprisoned in Mexico City. Though
accused of trying to incite insurrection in Texas, no charges are made
against him, no court will accept jurisdiction of his case, and he
remains a prisoner, shifting from prison to prison, from January until
December 1834, when he is released on bond.
