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Pre - Revolution

Pre - Revolution. Road to the Texas Revolution. Vocabulary. Petition- to legally protest something, usually without force. War Party- Texans who supported going to War with Mexico. Peace Party- those who wanted peace with Mexico. Fredonian Revolt. Haden Edwards loses Empresario contract

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Pre - Revolution

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  1. Pre - Revolution Road to the Texas Revolution

  2. Vocabulary • Petition- to legally protest something, usually without force. • War Party- Texans who supported going to War with Mexico. • Peace Party- those who wanted peace with Mexico.

  3. FredonianRevolt • Haden Edwards loses Empresario contract • He overthrows the Mexican leaders • 30 people try to take over Texas. • USA and SFA do not help • Mexico fears that more colonists will do the same and sends an Investigator. • They pass the Law of April 6, 1830 to control Texas.

  4. Law of April 6, 1830 • Law takes away some of the Texans’ rights. The colonists write the Turtle Bayou Resolutions. • Closed borders from USA to Texas • More soldiers and Mexican forts • Custom Duties or taxes on imports

  5. Turtle Bayou Resolutions • Turtle Bayou Resolutions explain why the colonists think the Law is unfair. SFA takes the resolutions to Mexico City. • Convention of 1832 • Open the borders • Tax relief • More protection • Convention of 1833 • Texas constitution

  6. Arrest of SFA • SFA writes a letter to Texas telling them to set up a Government • Santa Anna intercepts the letter • SFA is put in jail for treason • SFA is arrested and spends one year in jail. He is released and returns to Texas.

  7. Santa Anna becomes a Centralist • While SFA was in jail he learned that Santa Anna had become a centralist dictator. • SFA joins the War Party • SFA says, “War is our only resource.”

  8. Battle of Gonzales • Mexican soldiers try to take a cannon from the people of Gonzales. • The people refuse and hide the cannon in a peach orchard • Texans gather forces and make the “come and take it” flag • There is a short battle. One Mexican dies. • This is the start of the Texas Revolution.

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