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The Fredonian Rebellion
This was the first attempt by Anglo colonists in Texas to secede from Mexico. These settlers were led by Empresario Haden Edwards, who declared independence from Mexico Texas, & also created The Republic of Fredonia in Nacogdoches. -
The Mier y Teran Report
After The Fredonian Rebellion, the Mexican Government sent General Manuel Mier y Teran to go investigate what was happening. During his year investigating & reporting his findings, he grew concerned about the number of Anglo colonists. The ratio for Anglos & Mexicans was 10 - 1. He also reported that there was a lot of U.S. influence in Texas. But the Mexican Government was less appealing to the colonists. -
The Decree of April 6, 1830
This law was 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 Alaman y Escalada, Mexican minister of foreign relations, & was designed to stop the flood of immigration from The United States to Texas. -
Anahuac (1832 & another in 1835)
The Anahuac disturbances happened in 1832 and another in 1835. These events were the uprising of settlers in and around Anahuac which helped to precipitate The Texas Revolution. This eventually led to the territory's secession from Mexico & the founding of The Republic of Texas. -
The Turtle Bayou Resolutions
The Turtle Bayou Resolutions were signed by settlers during The Anahuac Disturbances, which played a roll in the secession of Texas to Mexico and the creation of The Republic of Texas. -
The Convention of 1832
This convention was the first political gathering of colonists in Mexican Texas. Delegates sought reforms from the Mexican Government & hoped to quell the widespread of a belief that settlers in Texas wished to secede from Mexico. -
The convention of 1833
The convention was a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas, was a successor to the one in 1832, whose requests had not been addressed by the Mexican Government...delegates also requested customs exemptions & asked that a ban on immigration has been lifted. -
The election of Santa Anna
Anna was elected president in 1833, winning by a landslide (The People). Anna personally led the army to squelch the revolution. He carried out a "take-no-prisoners" policy having everyone killed in The Alamo & in Goliad. -
The arrest of Stephen F. Austin
Believing that he was pushing for Texas independence & suspect that he was trying to incite insurrection, he was arrested by The Mexican Government in 1834 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. He was taken to Mexico City & imprisoned. No charges were filed against him as no court would take jurisdiction -
The Consultation
This served as the provisional government of Mexican Texas from 1835 to 1836 during The Texas Revolution. Tensions rose in Texas during early 1835 as throughout Mexican federalists began to oppose increasingly centralist policies of the government.