1. Actions Leading to Rebellion

2. Fredonian Rebellion Significant Individuals Goal of Action
Complaints or Problems
Impact on Revolution
Haden Edwards
Make Texas an independent nation – the Republic of Fredonia
Many Texans thought Edwards was a bad leader and few people backed him
Mexican soldiers and Austin’s militia quickly ended the revolt

3. Mier y Terán Report Significant Individuals Goal of Action
Complaints or Problems
Impact on Revolution
General Don Manuel Mier y Terán
Let the Mexican government know that Texas was more “American” than “Mexican”
Mier y Terán was greatly disturbed by the fact that the Mexican way of life was underrepresented in Texas
Mier y Terán’s recommendations influenced new laws

4. Slavery Abolished in Mexico
Significant Individuals
Goal of Action
Complaints or Problems
Impact on Revolution
General Don Manuel Mier y
Terán
Discourage Americans from settling in Texas
Texans took this as a warning
Mexico didn’t strongly enforce the law
It made Texans aware that the Mexican government wanted to change the culture of Texas

5. Law of April 6, 1830 Significant Individuals Goal of Action
Complaints or Problems
Impact on Revolution
General Don Manuel Mier y
Terán
Make Texas more “Mexican”
Anglo settlers were outraged by the new rules
Settlers began to grow tired of Mexican rule

6. Anahuac Significant Individuals Goal of Action Complaints or Problems
Impact on Revolution
Juan Davis Bradburn
William B. Travis
Patrick C. Jack
Impose the authority of the Mexican government
Settlers felt that Bradburn’s actions were illegal
Texas settlers took up arms against Mexican soldiers

7. Turtle Bayou Resolutions
Significant Individuals
Goal of Action
Complaints or Problems
Impact on Revolution
John Austin
General Antonio López de Santa Anna
Create an organized protest of the Mexican government
Settlers felt that Bradburn had ignored the Mexican Constitution of 1824
It was the first organized protest against Mexico

8. Battle of Velasco Significant Individuals Goal of Action
Complaints or Problems
Impact on Revolution
John Austin
Colonel Domingo Ugartechea
Take their cannons down the Brazos River and into Galveston Bay so they could attack Bradburn’s outpost
Austin’s ship had to fight its way past a Mexican fort
Despite the violence, the settlers still wanted reform, not independence

9. Convention of 1832 Significant Individuals Goal of Action
Complaints or Problems
Impact on Revolution
Stephen F. Austin
William H. Wharton
Rafael Manchola
Resume immigration from the U.S. and make Texas a separate Mexican state
Under Mexican law, it was not a legal meeting
Mexican leaders refused to send their requests, so the convention had failed

10. Convention of 1833 Significant Individuals Goal of Action
Complaints or Problems
Impact on Revolution
Stephen F. Austin
Dr. James B. Miller
Erasmo Seguín
Sam Houston
End the immigration ban, more money for schools and defense against Indians, and make Texas a separate Mexican state
The Texans felt that they were not getting the proper support from the government because of how far away they were
They completed their work and sent it to the Mexican capital with Stephen F. Austin

11. Santa Anna Refuses Statehood
Significant Individuals
Goal of Action
Complaints or Problems
Impact on Revolution
Stephen F. Austin
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Santa Anna agreed to most of Austin’s terms, but refused to support statehood
Austin did not achieve all of his goals
Austin felt he had made some progress

12. Arrest of Stephen F. Austin
Significant Individuals
Goal of Action
Complaints or Problems
Impact on Revolution
Stephen F. Austin
Valentín Gómez Farías
Colonel Juan N. Almonte
Austin wrote a letter to the local government in San Antonio that suggested they start to set up a state government without approval from the national government
The Catholic Church and the Mexican armed forces did not agree with the changes that the Federalist government had put in place in Texas
Santa Anna changed sides so that he could become more powerful and created a Centralist Mexico