Road to Revolution

Haden Edwards decides to try to overthrow the Mexican government after they canceled his empresario contract. This caused the Mexican government to focus more on Texas.

• Law of April 6, 1830

• Fredonian Rebellion

• Mier y Terán Report

Laws that:

-banned immigration from the US

-canceled unfulfilled empresario contracts

-illegal to bring slaves into TX

-established new forts

-taxed all US imports

• Convention of 1832

• Turtle Bayou Resolution

• Law of April 6, 1930

Report stating:

-need to increase trade between TX and MX

-send more MX soldiers to TX

-More Europeans and Mexicans in TX

-Texas was too American

• Mier y Terán Report

• Debating War and Peace

• Convention of 1833

Document that stated:

-Complaints about unfair taxes

-pledged loyalty to the Mexican Constitution of 1824

-Supported President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• Mier y Terán Report

• Law of April 6, 1830

• Turtle Bayou Resolution

Failed meeting where settlers asked for:

-immigration from the U.S. to resume

-Give land for public schools

-Texas to become a separate state from Coahuila

-Customs duties (taxes on imports) ro be removed for 3 years.

• Convention of 1832

• Convention of 1833

• Turtle Bayou Resolution

Successful meeting where settlers asked for:

-Immigration from the U.S. to resume

-For Texas to separate from Coahuila and become its own state

-To be able to write a Texas Constitution

• Convention of 1832

• Convention of 1833

• Turtle Bayou Resolution

Arguments over payments of customs duties led to the arrest of several Texans and more Mexican troops were sent to Texas.

• Anahuac

• Fredonian Rebellion

• Battle of Gonzales

Why did Stephen F. Austin get thrown in jail?

• He helped to put down the Fredonian Rebellion

• He "challenged Mexican authority" by telling the citizens of San Antonio to start creating their own government

• He told Texans they should go to war against Mexico

Texans got together to decide what they now wanted to do about their issues with Mexico.

They were torn between keeping the peace with Mexico, taking action against the Mexican government, or declaring their independence.

• Convention of 1832

• Debating War and Peace

• Turtle Bayou Resolution

Mexican officials want the cannon they had given to the citizens of Gonzales for protection back. The Texans said “NO!” and this led to the very first battle of the Texas Revolution.

• Battle of Gonzales

• Fredonian Rebellion

• Mier y Terán Report