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Mexico allowed Haden Edward, an empresario, to bring Anglo settlers to Nacogdoches, but he found settlers there already. He threatened to sell the settlers' land, so they complained to the Mexican government. Mexico canceled Edward's land grant, so in response he declared East Texas the Fredonia Republic. Soon, Mexico sent soldiers to put down his Rebellion. -
General Manuel de Mier y Terán was sent by the Mexican Government to check on conditions in Texas following the Fredonia Republic. Along the journey, he observed Mexican influence decrease, Anglo settlers outnumbered Mexicans, and tension between colonists and Mexicans because of different languages and cultures. He warned the Mexican government in his report that settlers would rebel against Mexico. -
After receiving the report, Mexico issued the Law of April 6, 1830. This law aimed at stopping all immigrants from the U. S., terminating Anglo empresario contracts, outlawing more slaves from entering Texas, increasing tariffs on goods from the U.S., and adding military posts in Texas. U.S. settler Stephen Austin and Tejano settlers José Antonio Navarro, Erasmo Seguín, and Juan Seguín all strongly disliked this law. -
Colonel of the Mexican army Juan Bradburn was sent to Anahuac to enforce the Law of April 6, 1830. He unfairly imprisoned William B. Travis for undermining his authority, and this resulted in a clash between angry Texans and Mexicans. Texans fled to Turtle Bayou to draft resolutions, which included opposing the tyrannical centralist government in Mexico, supporting Santa Anna and other Federalists, and pledging to honor the Constitution of 1824. -
While Mexico was in the civil war, Texan delegants were in a special meeting called conventions in 1832 and 1833. Delegant agreed that Texans were loyal to Mexico, but they wanted Mexico to cancel the law of April 6, 1830, and make Texas a separate state. Stephen F. Auent to Mexico City to declare the Texans' request told the new president, Santa Anna. -
When Stephen F. Austin arrived in Mexico City, the Mexican government was busy, so he wrote a letter encouraging Texans to start their own state government. Soon, he met with Santa Anna and had an agreement regarding U.S. immigration, but not with separate statehood for Texas. Mexican authorities received Austin's letter, so he was put in prison for about a year. -
The 1835 Consultation in Texas was a meeting of delegates to form a provisional government and define the goals of the Texas Revolution against Mexico -
The Battle of Gonzales marked the start of the Texas Revolution when Texan settlers fired on Mexican troops that were near the Guadalupe River. These troops were sent to reclaim a cannon. Gonzales refused to give up there cannon so they put up a flag that said "** Come and Take It**". -
The Battle of the Alamo was a 13-day siege in 1836 where a small force of Texian defenders held out against the much larger Mexican army led by General Santa Anna, ultimately resulting in the deaths of nearly all the defenders. -
The Battle of San Jacinto was an 18-minute battle in the Texas Revolution. General Sam Houston's Texian army trapped and defeated Santa Anna's Mexican forces near San Jacinto. This was one of the shortest and most decisive battles in history."