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Mexico gained its independence from Spain and claimed all of the New Spain Territory which is now Mexico. -
Gave limited power to central government, they made 3 branches of government, the constituion establishes courts and 2 house legislature, voters elected representatives, Catholic was the official region, and they claimed Coahuila y Tejas. -
General Houston ordered coloniel Janmes Fannin to evacuate troops. When Fannin ordered a retreat, General Jose de Urreas promise was that they would be treated as prisoners of war. They would eventually be released. Santa Anna ordered Genreal Wrrea to execute all Texas prisoners. -
When Haden Edwards arrived to Nacodoches with Anglo settlers, he found establishes settlers already living there. When he threatend to sell settlers land if they couldn't provide a land title, the settlers told the Mexican government which got his land canceled. Edward declared the area Fredonian Republic, and took over Old Stone Fort. -
This law included:
1. No immigration from the U.S.
2. terminate all Anglo empresario contacts
3. outlawed bringing slaves to Texas
4. increased taxes
5. established military posts in Texas. -
The Mx government sent General Manuel Meir y Teran Report to report conditions in Texas. They observed that Mexican influence decreased northward, Anglo settlers outnumbered Tejanos 10 to 1, and differences in language culture brought tension to colonists and Mexicans. When he reached Nacodoches, he wrote an urgent letter to the president saying that settlers in Texas were about to rebel against Mx. -
American Juan Bradburn was sent to Anahuac to enforce the law. He unfairly imprisoned William B. Travis others for undermining his authority. Texans fled the fighting to an area known as Turtle Bayou and drafted Resolutions. It included their opposition, Santa Anna, and the pledge to honor the constitution of 1824. -
The Conventions of 1832 and 1833 were a series of meetings where Texian colonists petitioned the Mexican government for reforms, including separating Texas from Coahuila and modifying immigration laws. The convention of 1832 took place from October 1-6, 1832, and the Convention of 1833 began on April 1, 1833. -
Stephen F. Austin was arrested in January 1834 for treason after writing a letter urging Texans to form a separate state government without Mexican consent. He had gone to Mexico City to advocate for Texas's statehood and was imprisoned in Mexico City for about a year. -
The Battle of Gonzales was a minor skirmish on October 2, 1835, that sparked the Texas Revolution, where Texan colonists fought a small Mexican army detachment over a cannon. -
The Consultation of 1835 was a convention of delegates in San Felipe de Austin that was called to discuss the goals of the Texas Revolution. The delegates debated whether to seek a return to the Mexican Constitution of 1824 or to declare independence, and they established a provisional government with a general council -
The Battle of the Alamo was a 13-day siege in 1836 during the Texas Revolution where around 200 Texan defenders, led by William B. Travis and James Bowie, fought against General Santa Anna's Mexican army of about 1,800 soldiers -
The Travis letter is a famous 1836 plea for help written by William B. Travis from inside the besieged Alamo, addressed to "the People of Texas and All Americans in the World" -
Delegates wrote the Constitution of 1836. It included the idea of popular sovereignty. It divided the government into three branches and inlcuded the bill of rights. They reformed their ad interim government to represent citizens until they could elect their leaders. -
The Battle of San Jacinto was a decisive 18-minute battle fought on April 21, 1836, during the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texan army launched a surprise attack on the Mexican forces -
The Battle of Velasco was a June 1832 clash between Texian colonists and Mexican soldiers at Fort Velasco, triggered when the Mexicans refused to let the Texians pass with a cannon.