Texas Revolution Timeline

Law of April 6, 1830

Apr 6, 1830

The law, reasonable from the Mexican point of view, authorized a loan to finance the cost of transporting colonists to Texas, opened the coastal trade to foreigners for four years, provided for a federal commissioner of colonization to supervise empresario contracts in conformity with the general colonization law, forbade the further introduction of slaves into Mexico, and apparently was intended to suspend existing empresario contracts.
http://www.glogster.com/tristana/glog-2843/g-6moe6briu19fk

Battle of Gonzales

Nov 13, 1831

http://seanlinnane.blogspot.com/2010/02/gonzales-flag.html
When Domingo de Ugartechea received word that the American colonists of Gonzales refused to surrender a small cannon that had been given that settlement in 1831 as a defense against the Indians, he dispatched Francisco de Castañeda and 100 dragoons to retrieve it.

Battle of Velasco

Jun 25, 1832

http://www.forttumbleweed.net/sanjacinto.html
The Battle of Velasco, fought between 25-26, 1832, was the first true military conflict between Mexico and settlers in Texas.

Convention of 1832

Oct 1, 1832

Stephen F. Austin was elected president of the convention and The Convention of 1832, held at San Felipe de Austin. Stephen F. Austin was elected president of the convention and Francis W. Johnson secretary. The convention adopted a series of resolutions requesting the extension of tariff exemption to Texas for three years; modification of the Law of April 6, 1830, to permit more general immigration from the United States; the appointment of a commissioner to issue land titles in East Texas.

Convention of 1833

Apr 1, 1833

The Convention of 1833 met at San Felipe on April 1 as a successor to the Convention of 1832.

Santa Anna's Seizure of the Mexican government

Nov 13, 1833

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Mexicoweb/factfile/Unique-facts-Mexico9.htm
In 1833 Santa Anna was overwhelmingly elected President of Mexico. Unfortunately, what began as a promise to unite the nation soon changed into chaos.

Consultation at San Felipe de Austin

Nov 3, 1835

http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/consultations4.htm
San Felipe de Austin, on the west bank of the Brazos River at the Old San Antonio Road crossing was founded in 1824 by Stephen F. Austin as the unofficial capital of his colony.

Battle of the Alamo

Feb 23, 1836

http://dingeengoete.blogspot.com/2012/02/tha-alamo.html
On February 23, 1836, the arrival of General Antonio López de Santa Anna's army outside San Antonio nearly caught them by surprise.

Seige of San Antonio

Mar 6, 1836

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2012/03/06/dawn-march-6-1836-siege-of-the-alamo-day-13/
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.

Fall of the Alamo

Mar 6, 1836

http://coastguardcouple.com/2012/02/23/why-messing-with-texas-is-a-bad-idea/the-fall-of-the-alamo/
Most Americans are familiar with the battle cry "Remember the Alamo."

Runaway Scrape

Mar 11, 1836

http://www.texasescapes.com/MikeCoxTexasTales/Runaway-scrapes.htm
The term The Runaway Scrape was the name Texans gave to the flight from their when Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began his attempted conquest of Texas in February 1836.

Goliad Massacre

Mar 26, 1836

http://frogstorm.com/?p=3822
The Goliad Massacre is the termination of the Goliad Campaign of 1836. Though not as important as the battle of the Alamo, the massacre immeasurably got support for the cause against Mexico both within Texas and in the United States.

Battle of San Jacinto

Apr 21, 1836

http://www.public.navy.mil/surflant/cg56/Pages/History.aspx
The Battle of San Jacinto lasted less than twenty minutes, but it sealed the fate of three republics. Mexico would never regain the lost territory.