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Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
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Santa Anna claimed loyalty to Constitution of 1824, but would go back on that and become a Centralist dictator of Mexico, betraying the Texans
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Haden and Benjamin Edwards declare the Republic of Fredonia (Nacogdoches) independent. Quickly squashed when Mexican soldiers planned to enter Nacogdoches.
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General Manuel Mier y Teran does a popluation report on Texas and finds that Anglos outnumber Mexicans 10 to 1. Will result in the Law of April 6, 1830.
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AS a result of the Mier y Teran report, this law was passed. It stated:
-to stop all immigration from the US to Texas
-slaves could no longer be brought to Texas
-that taxes would be placed on all imported goods from the US -
All of the events that had been stirring up caused the Texans to meet in San Felipe. Stephen F. Austin led the delegates and the pledged support to the Constitution of 1824. They drafted a document that stated the wanted to restore immigration from the US, they were upset about high taxes, and wanted their own independent Mexican state, separate from Coahuila.
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Mexican Colonel, John Davis, Bradburn, began enforcing immigration laws that outlawed slaves to be brought into Texas. He confiscated slaves belonging to William Logan. Logan brought his lawyers (which included William B. Travis), and they were arrested. This resulted in a group drafting the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, claiming loyalty only to the Constitution of 1824.
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Stephen F, Austin travels to Mexico City to deliver the resolutions written at San Felipe. Due to much political unrest, he does not get to see someone in charge for quite some time. Austin gets tired of waiting and sends word back to Texas to go ahead and prepare the independent state government. Santa Anna's men intercept the letter, and SFA is arrested.