Instructor E-Sources PowerPoint™ Presentation Chapter 3 Mexican Texas, 1821-1836

1. Instructor E-SourcesPowerPoint™ PresentationChapter 3Mexican Texas, 1821-1836 The History of Texas Harlan Davidson, Inc.

2. Learning Outcomes (3) • be knowledgeable concerning frontier institutions & their impact on Texas culture & society • think about the implications of Indian accommodation & resistance in the Far Northern Frontera • appreciate the relationship between Bourbon reforms & the independence movement • cite the key components of Spain’s legacy in the colonial era

3. Chapter 3Mexican Texas, 1821-1836 • Mexico continues colonization policy • Empresarios & filibusters • James Long • Haden Edwards • Stephen F. Austin • Philip Nolan • Anglo-American immigration • Colonization Laws • Empresario Contracts

4. The Mexican Government • Native Mexicans of Texas • Revival in fortunes • Wealthy ranchos & rancherías established • Towns • Anglos & the Mexican Government • Mexican nationality often ignored • Haden Edwards & Fredonia Republic • Mier y Terán’s mission & report • Law of April 6, 1830

5. Martin de Leon of Victoria

6. Mexican Texas • Mexican & American capitalists • Search for economic prosperity • Slavery & settlement concessions • Anti-slavery law exemption • Stephen F. Austin promotes cotton industry • Mounting grievances over governance • Resistance to commercial regulations • Demand for rights as Mexican citizens • Emergence of “war party” & “peace party” • Division of Coahuila y Tejas sought

7. Mexican Texas • Tejano & Anglo American petitions • New leaders emerge • Erasmo Seguín & son, Juan N. • Lorenzo de Zavala • José Antonio Navarro • José Francisco Ruiz • William & John Wharton • David G. Burnet • Sam Houston José Antonio Navarro

8. Mexican Texas • Coahuila y Texas • Move to separate fails • Liberal legislation accepts English extends empresario contracts • Coahuilan legislature raises Texas’s representation • Ineffectiveness of Law of April 6, 1830 • Land speculation • Illegal immigration rises

9. A Multicultural Society • Anglos • Towns & trade • Education & the press • Local militias • Blacks ~ the peculiar institution • slavery perpetuated despite Mexican law • By 1836, 5,000 slaves in Texas • Runaways seek refuge with Indians

10. A Multicultural Society • Tejanos • Urban settlements, rancheros, & small farms • A divided society • Social divisions • Gender divisions • Education • Native Americans • Eastern Indian people decimated by war & disease • Plains tribes maintained traditional ways • Arrival of Cherokee

11. The War for Texas Independence • Centralists back in power • Relations unravel • Travis’ Anahuac raid • de Zavala flees to Texas • Committees of correspondence • General Cós arrives • Confrontation in Gonzales • Mexico moves to crush rebellion Lorenzo de Zavala

12. The War for Texas Independence • Independence Movement • Consultation of 1835 • Provisional government • Declaration of Independence ~ March 2, 1836 • Causes of the war • Constitutional conflict • Slavery & economic factors • Ethnocentrism & racism • Independence won • Fall of the Alamo & Goliad • Battle of San Jacinto ~ April 21, 1836 • Treaties of Velasco

13. Manuel Mier y Teran Law of April 6, 1830 Mexican Constitution of 1824 General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna General Perfecto de Cos Baron de Bastrop “Old 300” Philip Nolan Dr. James Long National Colonization Law of 1824 Empresarios/contracts David G. Burnet Lorenzo de Zavala Green De Witt Martin de Leon John McMullen Patrick McGloin Stephen F. Austin Native Mexicans / Tejanos Martin de Leon Jose Antonio Navarro Jose Francisco Ruiz Jose Maria Balmaceda Erasmo Seguin Juan N. Seguin Consultation of 1835 “Come and Take It” Battle of Gonzales Fall of the Alamo James W. Fannin / Fall of Goliad Battle of San Jacinto Key Words & Terms (3)