Texas independence timeline.

With the signing of the Treaty of Cordoba, Mexico is free from Spanish
control after 300 years as a Spanish colony and 11 years of revolution.

Mexico passes the General Colonization Law, formally opening Texas
to colonization. Presenting empresario grants to individuals, the hope is
to encourage settlement and economic growth in the remote Mexican
land of Texas.

The Mexican government adopts the Constitution of 1824. Based on
the United States constitution, Texians are, for the most part, in favor of
the document. Texas and Coahuila are joined as a single Mexican state.

Mier y Teran is sent on a fact-finding mission to Texas by the Mexican
government. Because of U.S. interest in Texas and the large number of
Anglo settlers flowing into Mexico, the government is anxious to assess
the situation.
1829
In his report to the Mexican government, Mier y Teran recounts that the
Americans living in the Nacogdoches area outnumber Mexicans 10 to 1
and American influence is apparent throughout Texas.

In response to Mier y Teran's report, the Mexican government enacts
the Law of April 6th. This law prohibits the immigration of any more
Americans into Texas, places taxes on goods coming into Texas from
the U.S., prohibits slaves from entering Texas from the U.S., and
deploys Mexican troops for permanent duty station in Texas.

In June, Anglo-American settlers rebel against the Bustamente
government and its violations of the Mexican Constitution of 1824.
They adopt the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, pledging support for the
constitution and urge all Texians to support the patriots fighting under
Santa Anna to defeat military despotism.

Texians convene in April in San Felipe de Austin for the Convention of
1833. Delegates write a state constitution for Texas and send Stephen
F. Austin to Mexico City with a petition for statehood. Their
countrymen elect Santa Anna as the Federalist president of Mexico.

Stephen F. Austin is arrested and imprisoned in Mexico City. Though
accused of trying to incite insurrection in Texas, no charges are made
against him, no court will accept jurisdiction of his case, and he
remains a prisoner, shifting from prison to prison, from January until
December 1834, when he is released on bond.

William Fairfax Gray, a Virginia land agent who traveled to Texas in
1836 searching for land deals, recorded some of Texas' most historic
moments in a diary. His daily entries give a look into the tension and
turmoil he witnessed at the Convention of 1836. On this day, he writes,
"A warm day, threatening rain from the south. Many other members are
coming in, and it is now evident that a quorum will be formed
tomorrow."