1. Why did Texans support Santa Anna against Bustamante?
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Why did Texans support Santa Anna against Bustamante?

2. Prelude to Revolution:
Conventions and Petitions
Wayne Davidson M. Ed
Da Vinci School for Science and the Arts

3. The Convention of 1832 Anastacio Bustamante
Antonio López de Santa Anna

4. The Convention of 1832
Texians hoped that Santa Anna would restore the Constitution of 1824
Constitution of
1824

5. The Convention of 1832
Texians are unhappy with the Guerrero Decree and Law of April 6, 1830
Settlers call for a convention to discuss changes

6. The Convention of 1832 Reforms-changes in policy
Each district asked to send delegates
Delegates-representatives

7. The Convention of 1832 16 settlements represented.
San Antonio de Bexar was not present at Convention of 1832
San Antonio de Bexar was a predominantly Tejano vsettlement.
Residents did not yet see the need to get involved in what they saw as an Anglo problem.

8. The Convention of 1832 Allow U.S. Immigration
Texas Separate from Coahuila
Resolutions
End Customs
Duties
Land for Public Schools

9. The Convention of 1832 William Wharton
William Wharton, a leader of the Convention of 1832, understood that the Mexican government was not likely to take their requests seriously if the Convention only consisted of the Anglo settlers. Texians had to unify in order to be effective.
William Wharton

10. The Convention of 1833
Stephen F. Austin also realized that Texians had to work together if they wanted reform.
Lobbies San Antonio de Bexar for support.
Impatient Texians call another convention.

11. The Convention of 1833
56 delegates meet at San Felipe de Austin. Both Anglo and Tejano delegates are in attendance and participate.
The Convention of 1833 adopted many of the same resolutions adopted in 1832
Wrote a constitution for their proposed state

12. The Convention of 1833
The Convention selects Stephen F. Austin to plead the Texians case in Mexico City with the Mexican government.
Stephen F. Austin

13. Austin in Mexico City April 1833: Austin sets out for Mexico City
He is kept waiting for five months.
H e finally meets with the Vice President of Mexico

14. Austin’s Miscalculation
September 1833: Austin is still waiting; he impatiently tells the Vice President that Texas might start organizing a state government.
October 1833: Austin writes a letter to Convention officials in San Antonio de Bexar telling them to start organizing a state government

15. Austin Finally Meets With Santa Anna Antonio López de Santa Anna
Santa Anna agrees to most of the resolutions of the Convention of
However, he denies Texas request to separate from Coahuila.
Mexican President
Antonio López de Santa Anna

16. Austin is Arrested December 1833: Austin finally leaves Mexico City.
January 1, 1834: Austin arrives in Saltillo, Coahuila, and is promptly arrested for sedition by the Mexican government.
Mexican Army had intercepted his letter to San Antonio de Bexar, and the Governor of Coahuila had read it.

17. Austin in Prison
Imprisoned in Mexico City in an old prison that was a holdover from the Spanish Inquisition , and charged with Treason.
December 25, 1834: Released from prison, but required to stay in Mexico City.
July,1835: Finally allowed to return to Texas.