1. Texas Revolution

2. Santa Anna
Mexican president during the Texas Revolution and gain power over Mexico
He orders the siege of the Alamo
The purpose of executing survivors was to end rebellion

3. Mier y Teran Report
Led to the law of April 6, Too many U.S. citizens in Mexican territory.

4. Law of April 6, 1830
The Mexican Government stopped ALL Anglos from the U.S. immigrating to Texas

5. Battle of Gonzales
Mexican government wanted a cannon returned from the colonists at Gonzales. Texans refused- made a flag- ‘Come and Take It’
Known as the ‘Lexington’ of the Texas Revolution (First shots fired)
Proved the Texans were willing to use military force against Mexico

6. 1836 Convention Washington-on-the Brazos March 1836
59 delegates meet & decided Santa Anna is never going to reinstate the Mexican federal Constitution of 1824
Declare Texas Independence from Mexico

7. Texas Declaration of Independence
March 2, 1836
(Texas Independence Day)
Written by George Childress
Grievances AKA Complaints: Stated that Mexico denied them the rights guaranteed by the Mexican Constitution of 1824
Stated Texans were deprived of freedoms they were used to from the U.S. Constitution

8. Chosen as the Commander-in-chief
Sam Houston
Chosen as the Commander-in-chief
of the Texas Army

9. Lasted 13 days in which Texans stood their ground for independence!
The Battle of the Alamo
February 23 – Mar. 6, 1836
Lasted 13 days in which Texans stood their ground for independence!

10. William B. Travis
Commander of the Alamo sends several letters out from the Alamo requesting reinforcements
“To the people of Texas and all Americans in the world...-the commander of the Alamo states that he needs reinforcements but was willing to die defending the fort

11. The Alamo
James Bowie, William B. Travis, Davy Crockett & close to 200 other Texans die defending the Alamo

12. Remember Goliad
Colonel James W. Fannin led about 300 revolutionaries in another part of Texas while the battle at the Alamo raged on.
Travis wanted him to come to San Antonio with reinforcements, but he never made it.
On his way there, Mexico’s General Urrea was too close and Sam Houston ordered a retreat. Fannin’s troops never made it…..

13. Battle of San Jacinto
“Remember Goliad!”
“Remember the Alamo!”

14. Battle of San Jacinto April 21, 1836
Final Battle of the Texas Revolution
# of Texas soldiers - 900
(9 dead)
# of Mexican soldiers
(600 + dead)
Mexico was defeated in 18 minutes

15. Treaty of Velasco May 14th 1836 2 Treaties signed by
Santa Anna & David Burnett ‘officially ending’ the Texas Revolution

16. Treaty of Velasco stated…..
Public Treaty
Declared Texas independent from Mexico
Mexican army had to return
Prisoners would be exchanged
Santa Anna would be sent back to Mexico
Private Treaty
Santa Anna would persuade Mexican leaders to recognize Texas independence & acknowledge the Rio Grande as the border between Texas & Mexico

17. Custom Duties
taxes on imports/exports

18. Committees of Correspondence
local groups of colonists that formed to share information with other groups

19. Erasmo Sequin
Rancher
Served as head postmaster of San Antonio, Texas
Father to Juan Sequin

20. Deaf Smith He fought at the Grass Fight and the Battle of San Jacinto.
After the war, Deaf Smith led a company of Texas Rangers

21. Constitutional government in Texas began with the Mexican federal Constitution of 1824, which, to some degree, was patterned after the United States Constitution

22. Greenbury Logan
Hendrick Arnold
- African American who were Freemen who fought in the Texas Revolution

23. David  “Davy” Crockett
Frontiersman
Tennessee Congressman
Defender of the Alamo

24. The Convention of 1833 (April 1–13, 1833), a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas, was a successor to the Convention of 1832, whose requests had not been addressed by the Mexican government.

25. James Bowie
Known for his famous "Bowie knife" and a sometimes reckless adventurer, and is now immortalized as one of the true folk heroes in early Texas.

26. Fredonian Rebellion
the first attempt by Anglo settlers in Texas to secede from Mexico.
The settlers, led by Empresario Haden Edwards, declared independence from Mexican Texas and created the Republic of Fredonia near Nacogdoches.

27. Turtle Bayou Resolution
Followed the Fredonian Revolt: Colonist agreed to follow the Constitution and the Mexican Government did too!! Both sides were being dishonest

28. George C. Childress
lawyer, politician, illegal immigrant to Mexico, and a principal author of the Texas Declaration of Independence.