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While Mexico was fighting its civil war,
Texan delegates met in special
meetings called conventions in 1832
and 1833 The delegates agreed that Texans
were still loyal to Mexico, but they
wanted Mexico to Stephen F. Austin was sent to Mexico
City to present the Texans’ requests to
the new president, Santa Anna -
While the conflict at Anahuac was
taking place, Federalist General
Antonio López de Santa Anna was
leading a revolt against Centralist
President Bustamante in Mexico
Santa Anna promised to follow the
constitution, and he supported sharing
power among the states as opposed to
having a strong central government
Texans supported Santa Anna and the
Federalists and were relieved to hear
he was elected president of Mexico -
The Mexican government allowed
empresario Haden Edwards to bring Anglo
settlers to Nacogdoches, but when he
arrived, he found established settlers living
there Edwards threatened to sell settlers’ lands if
they were unable to provide a land title;
angered by his threats, settlers complained
to the Mexican government, which resulted
in Edwards’ land grant being canceled In response, Edwards declared the area in
east Texas the Fredonian Republic and took
over the Old Stone Fort, but soon Mexican -
The Mexican government sent
General Manuel de Mier y Terán to
report on the conditions in Texas
following the Fredonian Rebellion
Along his journey, Mier y Terán
observed that By the time he reached Nacogdoches,
he had written the Mexican president
an urgent letter in which he warned
that settlers in Texas were likely going
to rebel against Mexico -
American Juan Bradburn, colonel of the
Mexican army, was sent to Anahuac to
enforce the Law of April 6, 1830
While there, Colonel Bradburn had unfairly
imprisoned William B. Travis and others for
undermining his authority, resulting in a
clash between a group of angry Texans and
Mexican troops Texans fled the fighting at Anahuac to an
area known as Turtle Bayou and drafted
resolutions, or statements expressing
opinions, which included their -
After receiving the Mier y Terán Report,
the Mexican government issued the Law
of April 6, U.S. settler Stephen F. Austin and Tejano
settlers Erasmo Seguín, Juan Seguín, and
José Antonio Navarro all strongly disliked
this law -
25,000 people lived in Texas by
1830―most of whom were former
Americans who made officials
question their loyalty to Mexico
The United States was expanding
westward, and Mexico feared it
would try to take Texas; Mexico
refused to sell Texas to the United
States Many settlers did not follow
guidelines established by the
Mexican government and feared
that Mexico would eventually
abolish slavery; this led to conflict
between American immigrants and
the Mexican government -
Austin’s arrest both worried and
angered many Texans, who called
for another meeting of delegates Texans began to debate whether
they should remain calm and
keep peaceful relations with
Mexico or fight for their
independence After a year in prison, Austin was
released, at which point he told
Texans that they should prepare
for war