1. TX. HIST. CHAPTER 8

2. DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN ANGLOS AND THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
IN THE 1820’S FEDERALIST HELD POWER
LEFT THE ANGLOS ALONE
1829 CENTRALIST COME TO POWER
ISSUED REGULATIONS TO BRING THE STATES OF MEXICO UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
MOST ANGLOS THOUGHT THESE UNFAIR
A SERIES OF CLASHES RESULT

3. TROUBLE IN EAST TEXAS HADEN EDWARDS HAD BEEN GIVEN A CONTRACT IN 1826
WAS TO SETTLE 800 FAMILIES AROUND NACADOCHES
PEOPLE WERE ALREADY LIVING THERE
MANY DID NOT HAVE TITLES TO THEIR LAND
EDWARDS SAID THEY MUST SHOW TITLE OR PURCHASE ONE FROM HIM

4. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA WERE FROM LOUISIANA MEXICO AND SOME WERE CHEROKEE
MEXICAN REPRESENTATIVE JOSE ANTONIO SAUCEDO SIDE WITH THE SETTLERS
THIS ANGERED EDWARDS
BENJAMIN EDWARDS SAID THEY SHOULD DECLARE THE COLONY INDEPENDENT
MADE AN ALLIANCE WITH A CHEROKEE CHIEF NAMED RICHARD FIELDS
ON DECEMBER 15, 1826 THEY TOOK THE OLD STONE FORT IN NACADOCHES

5. THEY RAISED A RED AND WHITE FLAG
ON THE FLAG WERE THE WORDS INDEPENDENCE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
THEY PROCLAIMED THE REPUBLIC OF FREEDONIA
THE EDWARDS APPEALED FOR HELP FROM AUSTIN AND THE U.S.
AUSTIN OFFERED TO HELP THE MEXICAN GOV.
AS THE MEXICAN ARMY APPROACHED THE REBELLION COLLAPSED
REBELS FLED TO THE U.S.

6. MEXICO BECOMES FEARFUL
MOST ANGLOS DID NOT SUPPORT THE REBELS
MEXICAN OFFICIALS WERE WORRIED THAT THE REBELLION WAS A SCHEME TO TAKE TEXAS BY THE U.S.
200 MEXICAN TROOPS WERE PLACED IN NACADOCHES
ANTHONY BUTLER , U.S. AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO, OFFERED TO BUY TEXAS

7. GENERAL MANUEL DE MIER Y TERAN EXPEDITION
TERAN WAS SENT TO INVESTIGATE THE ANGLO PRESENCE IN TEXAS
ANGLOS OUTNUMBERED MEXICAN 5-1
CONCERNS ABOUT THE GROWING AMERICAN INFLUENCE IN THE AREA
SAID THAT IF THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT DID NOT ACT TEXAS WOULD BE LOST FOREVER

8. TEXAS COLONIST ARE CONCERNED
SLAVE OWNERS WERE WORRIED THAT MEX. WOULD ABOLISH SLAVERY
TEXAS HAD BEEN EXEMPT FROM A LAW IN 1829 WHICH HAD DONE THIS IN MEXICO
TEXANS FEARED IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

9. THE LAW OF APRIL 6, 1830 STOPPED IMMIGRATION FROM THE U.S.
SUSPENDED EMPRESARIOS CONTRACTS THAT WERE NOT COMPLETED
ENCOURAGED IMMIGRATION FROM MEXICO AND EUROPE
GAVE GENEROUS LAND GRANTS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
PLACED FORTS TO PREVENT SMUGGLING AND ILLEGAL IMMIGATION
PLACED TARIFFS ON IMPORTS

10. THE COLONIST REACT
PROSPERITY OF THE ANGLO COLONIST DEPENDED ON TRADE WITH THE U.S.
MANY HAD FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WHO WANTED TO JOIN THEM
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN TRIED TO NEGOTIATE
REALIZED HOW DIFFICULT THE SITUATION WAS

11. REBELLIONS OF 1831 AND 1832
COLONEL JOHN BRADBURN COMMANDED THE GARRISON AT ANNAHUAC
WAS IN CHARGE OF COLLECTING TAXES ON IMPORTS
ANGERED THE MERCHANTS
MAY 1832 HE ARRESTED WILLIAM B. TRAVIS AND PATRICK C. JACK
TWO GROUPS OF SETTLERS MARCHED ON ANAHUAC
COLONIST MADE CAMP AT TURTLE BAY

12. THE TURTLE BAY RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED JUNE 12, 1832
DECLARED LOYALTY TO MEXICO
SUPPORTED ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA
SANTA ANNA WAS LEADING A REVOLT AGAINST THE CENTRALIST GOVERNMENT AND PRESIDENT ANASTASIO BUSTAMANTE
COLONEL PIEDRAS REMOVED BRADBURN FROM POWER
SOLDIERS AT THE FORT IN ANAHUAC DECLARED THEIR SUPPORT FOR SANTA ANNA

13. CLASH AT VELASCO JOHN AUSTIN AND HIS GROUP RETURNED WITH A CANNON
WERE NOT PERMITTED TO TAKE THE CANNON TO ANAHUAC
FIGHTING BROKE OUT AND THE MEXICAN ARMY RETREATED AFTER RUNNING OUT OF AMMO.
BUSTAMANTE RESIGNED IN 1832
SANTA ANNA BECOMES PRESIDENT IN 1833
TEXANS WERE HAPPY

14. CONVENTIONS OF 1832 AND 1833 HELD IN SAN FELIPE OCTOBER, 1832
58 TEXANS WERE DELEGATES
MAKE TEXAS A SEPARATE STATE
ALLOW IMMIGRATION FROM THE U.S.
EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN TARIFFS
IMPROVED EDUCATION
BETTER PROTECTION FROM NATIVES
LAND TITLES FOR SETTLERS IN EAST TEXAS
RESOLUTIONS WERE NEVER SENT TO MEXICO

15. CONVENTION OF 1833 MET APRIL 1, 1833 SAM HOUSTON WAS A NEW DELEGATE
ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS LIKE THOSE OF 1832
ALSO ADOPTED A STATE CONSTITUTION
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN, JAMES MILLER AND ERASMO SEGUIN WERE CHOSEN TO TAKE IT TO MEXICO CITY
AUSTIN MADE THE TRIP HIMSELF
LEAVES APRIL 1833

16. AUSTIN’S MISSION STALLS
ARRIVES IN MEXICO CITY JULY 1833
SANTA ANNA OUT OF TOWN
CHOLERA EPIDEMIC RAGES THE CAPITAL
THOUSANDS DIE
AUSTIN WRITES A LETTER TO SAN ANTONIO
DESCRIBES HIS DIFFICULTIES AND TELLS PEOPLE TO FORM THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT

17. SANTA ANNA MEETS WITH AUSTIN
NOVEMBER 1833 SANTA ANNA AGREES TO SOME OF THE TERMS
WILL NOT GRANT STATEHOOD
DID AWAY WITH IMMIGRATION LAWS
IMPROVE COURT AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
AUSTIN LEAVES DECEMBER 10 TO GO HOME
JANUARY 1834, HE REACHES SALTILLO
WAS ARRESTED BECAUSE OF THE LETTER HE HAD WRITTEN
WAS TAKEN BACK TO MEXICO CITY

18. HE REMAINED IN PRISON FOR VOER A YEAR
RAMON MUSQUIZ, PETER GRAYSON, AND SPENCER JACK WERE JUST 3 OF THE PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO HELP AUSTIN
DECEMBER HE WAS RELEASED ON BAIL
MUST STAY IN MEXICO CITY
JULY 1835, WAS GIVEN HIS FREEDOM
HE QUICKLY RETURNED HOME

19. REFORMS IN TEXAS CHOLERA AND MALARIA HAD SWEPT THROUGH PARTS OF TEXAS
ENDED IN 1834
ENGLISH BECAME THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN TEXAS
REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURE WAS RAISED FROM 1 TO 3
RELIGIOUS TOLERATION WAS GRANTED

20. TROUBLE ERUPTS AGAIN
RESIDENTS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TARIFFS BEING COLLECTED IN ANAHUAC
ANDREW BRISCOE LED THIS ATTACK
CAPTAIN ANTONIO TENORIO HAD BISCOE ARRESTED
ANGERED MANY TEXANS
WILLIAM B. TRAVIS LED A GROUP FROM SAN FELIPE
THEY FORCED THE MEXICAN ARMY THERE TO SURRENDER

21. SOLDIERS AGREE TO LEAVE TEXAS
TEXAS LEADERS WROTE A LETTER OF APOLOGY TO GENERAL COS, SANTA ANNA’S BROTHER IN LAW
COS DEMANDED THAT THE LEADERS INVOLVED BE TURNED OVER TO HIM
HE WANTED WILLIAM TRAVIS, FRANK JOHNSON, SAMUEL WILLIAMS AND LORENZO DE ZAVALA
COS SAID HE WOULD BRING MANY SOLDIERS TO TEXAS TO ARREST THESE MEN

22. CALL FOR A CONSULTATION
PEOPLE OF COLUMBIA CALLED FOR A CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN WASHINGTON ON THE BRAZOS ON OCTOBER 15, 1835
TWO GROUPS FORMED
PEACE PARTY WANTED NO PROBLEMS
WAR PARTY WANTED INDEPENDENCE
AUSTIN JOINS THE SIDE FOR INDEPENDENCE
“WAR IS OUR ONLY RESOURCE. THERE IS NO OTHER REMEDY. WE MUST DEFEND OUR RIGHTS, OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY BY FORCE OF ARMS.”