EVENTS LEADING TO THE TEXAS REVOLUTION

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EVENTS LEADING TO THE TEXAS REVOLUTION

• CONFLICTS BETWEEN MEXICO AND TEXAS

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FREDONIAN FLAG
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FREDONIAN REBELLION

• THIS FLAG WAS USED BY HAYDEN EDWARDS IN
  NACOGDOCHES IN THE REBELLION AGAINST MEXICAN
  AUTHORITIES IN 1826.
• EDWARDS WAS AN EMPRESARIO WHO FORCED FAMILIES TO
  SHOW PROOF OF A TITLE FOR LAND HE HAD A CONTRACT
  ON.
• JOSE SAUCEDO,AN OFFICIAL,DECLARED EDWARDS WAS
  WRONG IN WHAT HE WAS DOING, FORCING THE NON-TITLE
  HOLDERS TO PURCHASE A TITLE FROM HIM.
• EDWARDS CONTRACT WAS CANCELLED AND THE REBELLION
  OCCURRED.
• THE END WAS WHEN THE FREDONIANS FLED BECAUSE OF
  THE GREAT RESISTANCE AGAINST THEM.

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1827

• THE UNITED STATES OFFERS TO PURCHASE TEXAS FROM
  MEXICO FOR 1 MILLION.

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MIER Y TERAN REPORT

• 1ST-TRADE BETWEEN TEXAS AND MEXICO SHOULD BE
  INCREASED
• 2ND-MORE SOLDIERS SENT
• TO TEXAS
• 3RD-MEXICO SHOULD
• ENCOURAGE MORE
• EUROPEANS AND MEXICANS
• TO SETTLE IN TEXAS.

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THE LAW OF APRIL 6,1830

• IT BANNED U.S.IMMIGRATION TO TEXAS
• MADE IT ILLEGAL FOR SETTLERS TO BRING MORE SLAVES
  TO TEXAS
• SUSPENDED UNFILLED EMPRESARIO CONTRACTS
• TAXED ALL U.S. IMPORTS COMING TO TEXAS

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CONVENTION OF 1832

• MEETING OF TEXANS IN WHICH DELEGATES ADOPTED
  SEVERAL REFORMS TO PRESENT TO THE MEXICAN
  GOVERNMENT
• 1.TO ALLOW LEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM THE U.S.
• 2. TEXAS BECOME A SEPARATE MEXICAN STATE INSTEAD
  OF BEING JOINED WITH COAHUILA
• 3. CUSTOM DUTIES BE REMOVED FOR THREE YEARS
• 4. LAND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
• THE PRESENTORS WERE WILLIAM H. WHARTON AND RAFAEL
  MANCHOLA. OFFICIALS IN SAN ANTONIO DID NOT
  ACCEPT THE RESOLUTIONS.

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CONVENTION OF 1833

• MEETING OF TEXANS WITH THE SAME REFORMS BUT WITH
  STEPHEN F. AUSTIN AS THE PRESENTOR.
• SANTA ANNA AGREED TO ALL RESOLUTIONS EXCEPT
  MAKING TEXAS A SEPARATE STATE.

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AUSTIN IS ARRESTED

• AUSTIN WAS ARRESTED IN JANUARY OF 1834 AFTER
  MEETING WITH SANTA ANNA
• HE WAS ARRESTED IN SALTILLO BECAUSE OFFICIALS
  THOUGHT HE WAS CHALLENGING MEXICAN AUTHORITY
• HE WAS PUT IN PRISON FOR 1 YEAR WITHOUT A TRIAL
• HE WAS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 25,1834 BUT WAS NOT
  PERMITTED TO RETURN TO TEXAS UNTIL JULY 1835.

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BATTLE OF GONZALES

• BATTLE OVER THE RETURN OF A BRASS CANNON AND
  SANTA ANNAS FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION
  OF 1824
• TOOK PLACE ON OCTOBER 2,1835
• RESULTED IN A REBEL VICTORY AND STARTED A WAR
  BETWEEN TEXAS AND MEXICAN GOVERNMENT FROM WHICH
  TEXANS COULD NOT TURN BACK.

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BATTLE OF GONZALES FLAG
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THE BATTLE BEGINS