The Road to Revolution Lecture Notes

CONFLICT OVER LAND TITLES AND MEXICO’S RESPONSE  Mexican government cancels Edwards’s land contracts  General Mier y Teran is sent on a tour of Texas  Conflict arise over land titles in Edwards’s colony  Fredonian Rebellion put down by Mexican government  Mexican officials fear they are losing control of Texas  Stephen F. Austin and others Texans oppose the Fredonian Rebellion  Edwards’s receives an empresario contract in East Texas  Benjamin Edwards declares the Republic of Fredonia and captures Nacogdoches

GENERAL MIER Y TERAN’S CONCLUSIONS ON TEXAS  Trade should increase between Texas and Mexico  More Mexican soldiers should be sent to Texas  Encourage more Mexicans and Europeans to settle in Texas

WHY MEXICO PASSED THE LAW OF APRIL 6, 1830 AND TEXANS’ REACTION  Mexican government hoped to issue new contracts to bring more Mexicans and Catholic families rather than U.S. immigrants.  Government passed new custom duties on U.S. imports to raise more money  Mexican government hoped the new law would strengthen Mexico’s control over Texas  Law of April 6, 1830 angered many Tejano and U.S. settlers who feared the new law would hurt the growing Texas economy  Many were upset that friends and relatives in the U.S. would not move to Texas

EVENTS LEADING TO ANAHUAC  Anahuac established in fall 1830  Fisher demands that all ships pay customs at Anahuac November 1831  Bradburn arrests William B. Travis, Patrick Jack, and others Spring 1832  Turtle Bayou Resolutions June 13, 1832  Battle of Velasco June 26-29, 1832

REASONS FOR THE WRITING OF THE TURTLE BAYOU RESOLUTIONS  Bradburn’s arrest of some Texans and his refusal to release them  Colonists wanted to express their reasons for rebellion  Colonists wanted to reassure the government of their loyalty

CAUSES FOR THE VIOLENCE AT VELASCO  Refusal by Mexican officials to allow the rebels to pass at Velasco  Arrests at Anahuac

TEXANS HOPED THE CONSTITUTION OF 1824 WOULD BE RESTORED  Some Texans liked its federalist principles  This constitution gave Texans strong local control in government

WHAT THE CONVENTION OF 1832 HOPED TO ACHIEVE  Allow U.S. immigration  Make Texas a separate state  Exempt Texas from custom duties for three years  Provide land for public schools

WHAT THE CONVENTION OF 1833 HOPED TO ACHIEVE  Many of the same principles as the Constitution of 1832  Proposed a constitution for Texas

MEXICAN GOVERNMENT’S POLICIES INCREASE TENSION  Santa Anna violates the Constitution of 1824 by strengthening the central government  Santa Anna sent more troops and customs collectors to Texas

A CALL FOR WAR  Mexico begins collecting customs duties at Anahuac  Arrest of Andrew Briscoe  Cos orders arrest of leaders of attack and sends more troops to Texas  Austin advises that war is the only choice