Texas Independence

By Leonardo Flores

  • Texas independence causes

    1821
    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.

  • 1821

    1821
    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.

  • 1823

    1823
    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.

  • 1824

    1824
    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.

  • 1828

    1828
    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

    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.

  • 1830

    1830
    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.

  • 1832

    1832
    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.

  • 1833

    1833
    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.
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    1823

    1823
    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.