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Mier y Teran Report
This report showed that trading should increase with Texas and not so much with the entire U.S. This showed that Mexicans, Europeans, and others should move to Texas. Also Tecas should get more soldiers for Mexican’s control dept. -
Law of April 6, 1830
This law was passed on April 6, 1830. It told that from now on no immigration from the U.S to Texas will be allowed. It also said that colonies had to have at least 150 inhabitants.They wanted Mexican Citizens to move to Texas.The mexicans would be given all facilities in Texas -
The Battle of Velasco
This was the first actual military problem between the people settled in Texas and Mexico. Texas attacked Fort Velasco. The Mexican commander tried to stop Texas. The Texas military had won at the end due to the Mexican commander and him surrendering for the battle. -
Convention of 1832
This was the first political gathering of colonists in Texas. Beliefs were that people settled in Texas wanted to withdraw from Mexico. This convention was an unsuccessful try which led to the Texas Revolution. This convention was put out for mexicans settled in Texas. This convention was not successful which created many conflicts. -
Convention of 1833
This convention was a political gathering of settlers in Texas, was a successful convention. There was much of political uncertainty, which was thought out to lead to revolution. This constitution had 56 delegates meet at the San Felipe de Austin to make petitions to the Mexican government. -
Constitution at San Felipe de Austin
This constitution was made in the general convention. It was made on April 1833. This constitution was another lead toward the Texas Revolution. -
Stephen F. Austin imprison
Austin took temporary command of the Texan forces during the Siege de Bexar from October 12 to December 11, 1835. War began in October 1835. Texas created by a new constitution on March 2, 1836, won independence with still many defeats but victory at the battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. After that he was imprisoned. -
Battle of Gonzales
In 1831, Mexican authorities gave the settlers of Gonzales a small cannon to help protect them from frequent Comanche raids. Over the next four years, the political situation in Mexico deteriorated, and in 1835 several states revolted. As the unrest spread, Colonel Domingue de Ugartechea, the commander of all Mexican troops in Texas, felt it unwise to leave the residents of Gonzales a weapon and requested the return of the cannon. -
Siege of San Antonio
In October-December of 1835, rebellious Texans (who referred to themselves as “Texians”) laid siege to the city of San Antonio de Béxar, the largest Mexican town in Texas. After about a month and a half of siege, the Texians attacked in early December and accepted the Mexican surrender in December. -
Santa Anna’s seizure of the Mexican Government
This was when Santa Anna captured the Mexican government.In 1835,when he tried to control his presidency and sent out proposals, Santa Anna seized the opportunity to control his authority, and made a military on his own. -
Battle of the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texan Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Bexar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States). All of the Texian defenders were killed. Santa Anna's perceived cruelty during the battle inspired many Texians—both Texas settlers and adventurers from the United States—to join the Texian Army. Buoyed by a desire for reve -
Runaway Scrape
The Runaway Scrape was the name given to the flight and subsequent hostilities that occurred, as Texian,Tejano, and American settlers and militia encountered the pursuing Mexican army in early 1836. Settlers had fled their homes in Texas, after receiving reports of the Mexican Army, under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, gathering on the Rio Grande in preparation to invade and retake Texas. A large scale exodus occurred after a string of Texian battle losses in the rebellion against the Cent -
The Goliad Massacre
The Goliad Massacre,was an execution of Republic of Texas soldier-prisoners and their commander,James Fannin, by the Mexican Army. Despite the protests for clemency by General Jose de Urrea, the massacre was reluctantly carried out by Lt. Colonel José Nicolás de la Portilla under orders of the President of Mexico, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. -
Battle of San Jacinto
The Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris-County, Texas was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes. About 630 of the Mexican soldiers were killed and 730 captured, while only nine Texans died. -
Treaties of Velasco
The Treaties of Velasco were two documents signed at Velasco, Texas (now Freeport, Texas) on May 14, 1836, between Antonio López de Santa Anna of Mexico and the Republic of Texas, in the aftermath of the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836). The signatories were Interim President David G. Burnet for Texas and General Santa Anna for Mexico. The treaties were intended, on the part of the Texans, to provide a conclusion of hostilities between the two belligerents and offer the first steps toward -
Fall of the Alamo
The Fall of the Alamo, painted by Theodore Gentilz in 1844, depicts the Alamo complex from the south. The Low Barracks, the chapel, and the wooden palisade connecting them are in the foreground.
