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Rising Tensions in Mexican Texas

Rising Tensions in Mexican Texas. Causes of the Texas Revolution. 1821. Mexico gains independence from Spain. 1823. Anglo settlement begins in Texas. 1824. Coahuila y Tejas. The new Mexican Constitution encourages settlement in Coahuila y Tejas. 1826.

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Rising Tensions in Mexican Texas

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  1. Rising Tensions in Mexican Texas Causes of the Texas Revolution

  2. 1821 Mexico gains independence from Spain.

  3. 1823 Anglo settlement begins in Texas.

  4. 1824 Coahuila y Tejas The new Mexican Constitution encourages settlement in Coahuila y Tejas.

  5. 1826 The Fredonian Rebellion ends quickly. The flag of the short-lived Fredonian Republic.

  6. 1828 Mier y Terán warns Mexico that Texan settlers could rebel.

  7. Mier y Teran wrote this about American immigrants to Texas: “[A]mong these foreigners are fugitives from justice, honest laborers, vagabonds and criminals, but honorable and dishonorable alike travel with their political constitution in their pockets, demanding the privileges, authority, and officers which such a constitution guarantees.”

  8. 1829 Mexico bans slavery. Texans protest.

  9. 1830 President Bustamante’s Decree of April 6th, 1830, tries to get Texas back under Mexico’s control.

  10. 1831 A customs house is established in Anahuac. vv George Fisher, Anahuac’s unpopular tax collector

  11. Anahuac disturbance 1832 Battle of Velasco Turtle Bayou Resolutions Law office of William B. Travis Remains of Fort Anahuac

  12. The Conventions of 1832 and 1833 are held in Texas. 1832-1833 Letter to Mexican president asking for statehood.

  13. Santa Anna becomes president. 1833

  14. Stephen F. Austin is jailed for treason against Mexico. 1834 -1835

  15. 1835 A second Anahuac disturbance leads to calls for a Consultation. Attendees at the 1835 Consultation.

  16. PICTURE CREDITS Stephen F. Austin http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/SPB/Gallery/HisArt/15.htm Wagon http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/king/king.html Nacogdoches courthouse http://www.co.nacogdoches.tx.us/ips/export/sites/nacogdoches/gallery/courthouse/courthouse1-c.jpg Stephen F. Austin http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/austin.htm View of Mexico City http://www.historicaldocuments.com/GadsdenPurchase1.jpg Santa Anna http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?artid=159&op=viewarticle Members of the Consultation http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/consultations4.htm Law office of William B. Travis http://www.saludaschistorical.org/public_html/saludaschistorical/the_alamo/mary-s_alamo_story.html Turtle Bayou Resolutions http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/republic/turtle/turtle-1.html George Fisher http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/fishergeorge.htm View of Colonial Mexico http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/fall04articles/fall04gifs/p19p1-lg.jpg Remains of Fort Anahuac http://www.texasalmanac.com/history/highlights/forts/anahuac/ William Wharton’s letter from the Convention of 1832 http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/navy/wm_wharton_july4_1832_1.jpg

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