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fredonian rebellion
Was an effort by the Haden Edwards and his brother declaring that Mexico could no longer control are the rebellion was stopped by Stephen F. Austin. -
Decree
the Texas Revolution that the Stamp Act was to the American Revolution, was initiated by Lucas Alamán y Escalada, Mexican minister of foreign relations, and was designed to stop the flood of immigration from the United States to Texas. -
Turtle Bayou Resolution
a group of Anglo-American settlers staged a rebellion against Mexican rule in the town of Anahuac, near Galveston. -
Mier y Teran Report
Mexican government to investigate the conditions in North Texas. He reported that there were more Anglo American living in the area than Mexicans . -
Convention of 1832
was the first political gathering of colonists in Mexican Texas. Delegates sought reforms from the Mexican government and hoped to quell the widespread belief that settlers in Texas wished to secede from Mexico. -
Election of Santa Anna
He elected president in 1833, winning by a landslide (People). ... Santa Anna personally led the army into Texas to squelch the revolution. He carried out a "take-no-prisoners" policy having everyone killed at the Alamo and at Goliad. -
Convention of 1833
a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas was a successor to the Convention of 1832, whose requests had not been addressed by the Mexican government. also requested customs exemptions and asked that a ban on immigration into Texas be lifted. -
Arrest of Stephen F. Austin
Believing that he was pushing for Texas independence and suspect that he was trying to incite insurrection, Austin was arrested by the Mexican government in January 1834 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. He was taken to Mexico City and imprisoned. No charges were filed against him as no court would take jurisdiction.
