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Stephen F. Austin led the Old 300
Stephen F. Austin led the Old 300 Familes into Texas after the death of his father Moses Austin in 1821. Stephen Fuller Austin was born in Austinville, Wythe county, Virginia, on the 3rd of November 1793, the son of Moses Austin, a native of Durham, Connecticut, who in 1820 obtained from Mexico a grant of land for an American colony in Texas, but died before he could carry out his project. -
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Fredonian Rebellion
in 1826 became an important reason for the distrust that the Mexicans began to display of all Anglo-Americans. For this reason the Fredonian Rebellion while unsuccessful was a major factor in creating strained relations betweeen the Mexicans and the colonists and after ten years of strife finally resulted in the Texas Revolution. -
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it was nessary for him them to do this -
The Law of April 6, 1830
The Law of April 6 1830 said to be the same type of stimulus to the Texas Revolution that the Stamp Act was to the American Revolution was initiated by Lucas the Mexican minister of foreign relations and was designed to stop the flood of immigration from the United States to Texas. -
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He suggested additional garrisons surrounding the settlements, closer trade ties with Mexico, and the encouragement of more Mexican and European settlers.His suggestions were incorporated into the Law of April 6, 1830, which also called for the prohibition of slavery and closed the borders of Texas to Americans. -
Battle of Gonzalez
When Domingo de Ugartechea, military commander in Texas, received word that the American colonists of Gonzales refused to surrender a small cannon that had been given that settlement in 1831 as a defense against the Indians, he dispatched Francisco de Castañeda and 100 dragoons to retrieve it. -
TURTLE BAYOU RESOLUTIONS
TURTLE BAYOU RESOLUTIONS. On June 12, 1832, Anglo-American settlers opposed to the rule of Mexican commander John Davis Bradburn fled from Anahuac north to the crossing on Turtle Bayou near James Taylor White's ranchhouse. White was not a participant in the attack against Anahuac (see ANAHUAC DISTURBANCES), being a loyal supporter of its commander. The Texas rebels had just learned that the antiadministration Federalist army had won a significant victory under the leadership of Antonio López de -
Stephen F. Austin Arrested in Mexico
He further advised them that, if they did not take matters into their own hands, Texas was ruined forever. -
Santa Anna
Santa Anna decided to secure his place in history as a outstanding military leader in Mexico's war of independence by liberating the city of Veracruz from Spanish control. -
Massacre at Goliad
Fannin took command at Goliad in the latter part of January, 1836. Houston had retired to east Texas and was, until early in March, engaged in treaty making with the Indians there, and in tending to his personal affairs. Early in January the Texans had information that Santa Anna was leading a large force to invade Texas and to subdue her in retaliation. -
Runnray scrapes
RUNAWAY SCRAPE. The term Runaway Scrape was the name Texans applied to the flight from their homes when Antonio López de Santa Anna began his attempted conquest of Texas in February 1836. The first communities to be affected were those in the south central portions of Texas around San Patricio, Refugio, and San Antonio. The people began to leave that area as early as January 14, 1836 -
BATTLE OF SANANTINO
The entire siege lasted 13 days. Tuesday February 23 - Sunday March 6, 1836. The siege and final battle of the Alamo in 1836 constitute the most celebrated military engagement in Texas history. The battle was conspicuous for the large number of illustrious personalities among its combatants. These included Tennessee congressman David Crockett, entrepreneur-adventurer James Bowie, and Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna. Although not nationally famous at the time, William Barret Travis -
The Texas Declaration of Independence
The Texas Declaration of Independence
(March 2, 1836)
The Texas Declaration of Independence was produced, literally, overnight. Its urgency was paramount, because while it was being prepared, the Alamo in San Antonio was under seige by Santa Anna's army of Mexico. -
Conflict at Anahuac
In November 1830, Colonel Juan Davis Bradburn, a Kentuckian serving in the army of Mexico, chose a bluff overlooking the mouth of the Trinity River as the site of a new town and a fort. The place was to be called Anahuac, after the ancient home of the Aztecs. It was one of six outposts that the Mexican government planned to build at strategic entries into Texas. The site that Bradburn chose was just across Galveston Bay from the plain where the Battle of San Jacinto would be fought in April 1836 -
Treaties of Velasco(14 May 1836)
Treaties of Velasco
(14 May 1836) The two treaties of Velasco were negotiated between officials of the ad interim government of the Republic of Texas and Santa Anna, the Mexican dictator and commander of forces, about three weeks after his capture by the Texans at the Battle of San Jacinto. -
Conflict at Anahuac
It was one of six outposts that the Mexican government planned to build at strategic entries into Texas. The site that Bradburn chose was just across Galveston Bay from the plain where the Battle of San Jacinto would be fought in April 1836.
