1. 10.1 Political Unrest in Texas

2. The Fredonian Rebellion
There was a caravan that left Mexico City
The mission was to investigate conditions in East Texas
A conflict had erupted one year before over land and contracts

3. The Fredonian Rebellion
Many people living there did not have the contracts to prove the land they were on was theirs
Haden Edwards, a business man from Kentucky, received an empresario contract to settle 800 families near Nacogdoches
Haden Edwards

4. The Fredonian Rebellion
Many settlers complained because they were being forced to leave
The government cancelled Edwards’s contract

5. The Fredonian Rebellion: It Didn’t End There
Hayden’s brother, Benjamin, took action.
He and some settlers claimed a part of East Texas and named it the Republic of Fredonia.

6. The Fredonian Rebellion
They met in the Old Stone Fort
These people adopted the Fredonian Declaration of Independence
Many Texans opposed this rebellion.

7. Stephen F. Austin called out the militia
Most Texans (both U.S. settlers and Tejanos) opposed the rebellion
Stephen F. Austin called out the militia
When the rebels heard the troops were coming, many fled
Edwards later returned to Nacogdoches where he died in 1849
RIP Haden Edwards

8. General Manuel Mier y Teran
Mier y Teran’s Report
The rebellion was a minor event but attracted lots of attention
Mexican officials sent General Manuel de Mier y Teran to investigate conditions in Texas
General Manuel Mier y Teran

9. The tour began in Laredo, went to San Antonio, and finally San Felipe de Austin.
Here he met Stephen F. Austin
They discussed many issues and Austin pledged his loyalty to Mexico

10. The Tour Continues… Mier y Teran arrived in Nacogdoches
He noticed the Mexican influence decreased as he moved north and east.
U.S. settlers numbered Mexican settlers 10 : 1
U.S. influence was growing stronger by the day

11. Mier y Teran Report He made several recommendations:
Teran warns the president of Mexico about what he observed.
He made several recommendations:
1. Trade between Mexico and Texas should increase
2. More soldiers should be sent to Texas.
3. Mexico should encourage European and Mexican settlement.

12. President Vicente Ramon Guerrero
Before responding to the proposals Mexico made a bold move
1829- Mexican President Vicente Guerrero issued a decree ending slavery in Mexico.
Texan slaveholders protested the Guerrero Decree. Texas gained an exemption from this decree.
President Vicente Ramon Guerrero

13. Law of April 6, 1830
In response to Teran’s report, Mexico passed the Law of April 6, 1830
Banned U.S. immigration to Texas
Made it illegal to bring slaves to Texas
Suspended unfulfilled empresario contracts

14. In doing this the government hoped to issue new contracts bringing in only Mexican and Catholic Europeans
Began taxing all U.S. imports to Texas
Mexican officials hoped the law would strengthen Mexico’s control on Texas, but it only angered many Texans

15. Law of April 6, 1830
Many U.S. settlers were angered because the new law meant their families could not come to Texas
Austin tried to work with Mexican officials and get his colonists to comply with the law, but realized relations with the Mexican government had been damaged

16. Tejanos who supported U. S
Tejanos who supported U.S. immigration also opposed the law of April 6, 1830
When it went into effect, they had a meeting

17. Members were Erasmo Seguin, Jose Antonio Navarro, and Juan Seguin- this group was known as the ayuntamiento of San Antonio
In the meeting, the men made note of the advantages of having U.S. immigration to Texas