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Mexican Texas
In 1821, Mexico won its independence from Spain. Spanish Texas becomes Mexican Texas. -
Immigration
Mexican authorities allowed Anglos from the United States to settle in Mexican Texas by organized immigration. By 1834 over 30,000 Anglos lived in Texas compared to only 7,800 Mexicans. -
Mexico Suspends U.S. Immigration
U.S. immigrants who arrived to Mexico were official citizens of the country. However, many kept their allegiance and loyalty to the United States. This began to unravel major distrust between the US and Mexico. To regain control, the Mexican government ended slavery, force taxes, and end immigration from the United States. -
Convention of 1833
56 U.S. delegates gathered to repeal the anti-immigration section of the Law of April 6, 1830 from Mexico. Some of the delegates include Sam Houston, William H. Wharton and Thomas Hastings. -
Battle of Gonzales
Mexico was informed that the American colonists of Gonzales refused to surrender a small cannon that had been borrowed to them in 1831 to use as protection against the Natives. Americans fought to keep the cannon and to uphold the Constitution of 1824. -
Texas Declares Independence
A month after the Texas Revolution War, Texans held the Convention of 1836. 56 delegates drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Texas Constitution, designing their plan for the new Republic. -
Battle of the Alamo
Mexico’s President and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna arrived at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas with his army and demanded Texans to surrender completely. His orders were answered with a cannon shot. This began the 13-day battle, where about 200 military volunteers including James Bowie, William B. Travis, and David Crockett as men who died defending the Alamo. -
The Republic of Texas
Texan citizens of the new Republic of Texas elected Sam Houston as the first president, Mirabeau B. Lamar as vice president, and Stephen F. Austin as Secretary of State. -
Texas Capital Moved from Houston to Austin
The second president of Texas, Mirabeau B. Lamar, relocated the state capital from Houston to Austin. They chose the village of Waterloo to be closer to the settlers and changed the name to Austin to honor the legacy of Stephen F. Austin. -
Texas annexed to the United States
Under the administration of President James Polk and ten yers after winning independence from Mexico, Texas was amitted to join the United States as the 28th state.