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Battle of Medina
The Battle of Medina was fought approximately 20 miles south of San Antonio de Bexar(modern-day downtown San Antonio in the U.S state of Texas) on August 18, 1813, as part of the Mexican War of Independence against Spanish authority in Mexico. -
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Freedoian Rebellion
The Fredonian Rebellion was the first attempt by Anglo settlers in Texas to secede from Mexico. The settlers, led by Haden Edwards, declared independence from Mexican Texas and created the Republic of Fredonia near Nacogdoches. -
Mier y Teran Report
Teran traveled to Nacogdoches and reported back to Mexico that his worst fear was confirmed. He found that Anglo's out numbered Mexican's 10 to 1. All the signs were English and the money was American not Mexican. -
Law of April 6, 1830
Law of April 6, 1830 was issued because of the Mier y Teran Report to counter concerns the Mexican Texas, part of the border state of Coahuila y Tejas was in danger of being annexed by the Untied States. Immigration of United States citizens, some legal, most illegal, had begun to accelerate rapidly. It also outlawed slavery in Texas. -
Turtle Bayou Resolution
Mexican soldiers marched north to enforce the new laws. The Mexican officials wanted to make it hard for them and the Untied States to trade. The Untied States complained a lot but to Mexico it was just more evidence of rebellion. Finally in 1832 , three Anglo colonists were arrested for protesting. The Anglo's wrote the Turtle Bayou Resolution explained they were not rebellious. #1. Complained about unfair Texas #2. Pledged loyalty to the Mexican constitution of 1824. -
Capture of San Antonio
The siege of Bexar (San Antonio) became the first major campaign of the Texas Revolution. From October until early December 1835 an army of Texan volunteers laid siege to a Mexican army in San Antonio de Béxar. After a Texas force drove off Mexican troops at Gonzales on October 2, the Texan army grew to 300 men and elected Stephen F. Austin commander to bring unity out of discord. The Texans advanced on October 12 toward San Antonio, where Gen. -
Battle of Gonzalez
The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. It was fought near Gonzales,Texas, on October 2 ,1835 between rebellious Texian settlers and detachment of Mexican army soldiers. -
Siege of the Alamo
After losing San Antonio to the Texans during the Siege of Bexar, Mexican General Santa Anna determined to retake this key location and at the same time impress upon the Texans the futility of further resistance to Mexican rule.
With these goals, the vanguard of Santa Anna's army arrived in San Antonio about 23 February 1836. Some 145 Texans in the area took refuge in the fortified grounds of an old mission known as the Alamo, under the joint command of William B Travis. -
Texas Declaration of Independence
The Texas Declaration of Independence was produced, literally, overnight. Its urgency was paramount, because while it was being prepared, the Alamo in San Antonio was under seige by Santa Anna's army of Mexico.
Immediately upon the assemblage of the Convention of 1836 on March 1, a committee of five of its delegates were appointed to draft the document. The committee, consisting of George C. Childress, Edward Conrad, James Gaines, Bailey Hardeman, and Collin McKinney, prepared the declaration. -
Massacre of Goliad
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Runaway Scrape
