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Pre-Revolution Texas
Important facts to know about
before Texas’ Revolution
Constitution of 1824
Created a federal system of
government.
Divided Mexico into 19 states
and four territories
Texas and Coahuila y Tejas
merged.
Texas could be a single state
once the population grew large
enough.
Fredonia Rebellion
Haden Edward received a grant,
from the Mexican government,
close to Nacogdoches where he
could locate 800 families.
He did not believe that the
Mexican Government was
keeping their word to allow for
colonization.
Edward and his brother tried to
declare Fredonia free and
independent. This encouraged
Mexico to send troops and
collapse the fort in
Nacogdoches where Fredonia
Rebellion was taking place.
Mier Y Teran’s Report
|  Mexico was afraid that the
Fredonia Rebellion would
encourage colonists to take over
Texas.
|  Sent General Manuel de Mier y
Teran to East Texas to see what
was going on. He saw that the
Anglo American settlers out
numbered the Mexican settlers.
|  He wrote a report to the Mexican
government and mentioned that
if they did not react at once, then
Texas would be lost to the United
States forever.
Law of April 6, 1830
|  Outlawed immigrants
from the United States
to Texas.
|  Prohibited Slavery
|  Allowed Mexican’s to
have land and a
vehicle.
|  Suspended
incomplete
Empresario contracts.
Trouble of Anahuac
|  First serious conflict over
Mexico’s actions towards
Texas.
|  Command Bradburn
believed in strict
enforcements of all
Mexican laws.
|  He put William Travis and
Patrick Jack in jail.
|  Brief skirmish, led by John
Austin, had Bradburn
release Travis and Jack if
the settlers would release
the soldiers they were
holding.
Turtle Bayou Resolutions
|  While they waited for
Austin to return, they
developed the Turtle
Bayou Resolution on June
13, 1832.
|  In this resolution they
declared their loyalty to
Mexico. They denied they
were rebelling against
Mexico.
|  They were also defending
their rights and stated that
they were support Santa
Anna’s revolt against
President Anastasio
Bustamante (Mexico’s
president).
Convention of
1832
58 delegates meet in San Felipe on
October 1, 1832.
Stephen F Austin was elected president.
Texas needed to be a separate state in
Mexico
Wanted the Law of April 6, 1830 repealed.
Asked for exemptions on import taxes,
immigration restrictions lifted and
protection against Native Americans
Convention of 1833
|  Held in San Felipe on April 1, 1833.
|  New delegates came including Sam
Houston.
|  Prepared a constitution for the proposed
Mexican state.
Stephen F. Austin’s
Arrest
January 1834
|  Traveled to Mexico City to
present the petitions and
constitution from the delegates
of the Convention of 1833.
|  On his return to East Texas, Austin
was arrested for treason.
|  While in prison, Austin wrote a
letter to the Texans stating they
should go ahead and start
planning their own state
government.
Issues over Individual
Rights-Ongoing
|  Anglo-Americans in Texas wanted
to have the same rights as the
found in the United States
Constitution.
|  Felt that Stephen F. Austin did not
get a right to a fair trial.
|  Wanted Trial by Jury which Mexico
did not have.
|  Freedom of Speech.
|  They did not ask for Freedom of
Religion because they knew it
would cause an uproar in the
Mexican government.
Santa Anna’s Rule
1833-1836
|  President of Mexico
|  He did not allow Texas to form a state
government.
|  He sent armies to fight against settlers
who were to revolt against the
Mexican government.
|  Fought in various battles and signed a
treaty removing all Mexican troops
from Texas.
|  Treaty of Velasco was signed after his
loss at the Battle of San Jacinto
Battle of Gonzales
October 1835
|  Mexican soldiers demanded the
return of their cannon.
|  Texans refused to return the
cannon and fired on the Mexican
troops.
|  A banner that read “Come and
Take It” was attached to the
cannon.
|  http://
gonzalesmemorialmuseum.com/
comeandtakeitcannon.html
Issues over State’s Rights
Ongoing
|  Wanted to become a
separate state from the
Mexican State.
|  They eventually created a
declaration pledging to
support the Mexican
Constitution but refusing to
support the dictatorship of
Santa Anna.
|  Texans wanted a
Democratic Government.