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Actions Leading to Rebellion

Fredonian Rebellion

Significant Individuals

Goal of Action Complaints or Problems

Impact on Revolution

Haden Edwards Make Texas an independent nation – the Republic of Fredonia

Many Texans thought Edwards was a bad leader and few people backed him

Mexican soldiers and Austin’s militia quickly ended the revolt

Mier y Terán Report




General Don Manuel Mier y Terán

Let the Mexican government know that Texas was more “American” than “Mexican”

Mier y Terán was greatly disturbed by the fact that the Mexican way of life was underrepresented in Texas

Mier y Terán’s recommendations influenced new laws

Slavery Abolished in Mexico




General Don Manuel Mier yTerán

Discourage Americans from settling in Texas

Texans took this as a warning Mexico didn’t strongly enforce the law

It made Texans aware that the Mexican government wanted to change the culture of Texas

Law of April 6, 1830




General Don Manuel Mier yTerán

Make Texas more “Mexican”

Anglo settlers were outraged by the new rules

Settlers began to grow tired of Mexican rule

Anahuac




Juan Davis Bradburn

William B. Travis

Patrick C. Jack

Impose the authority of the Mexican government

Settlers felt that Bradburn’s actions were illegal

Texas settlers took up arms against Mexican soldiers

Turtle Bayou Resolutions




John Austin General Antonio López de Santa Anna

Create an organized protest of the Mexican government

Settlers felt that Bradburn had ignored the Mexican Constitution of 1824

It was the first organized protest against Mexico

Battle of Velasco




John Austin Colonel Domingo Ugartechea

Take their cannons down the Brazos River and into Galveston Bay so they could attack Bradburn’s outpost

Austin’s ship had to fight its way past a Mexican fort

Despite the violence, the settlers still wanted reform, not independence

Convention of 1832




Stephen F. Austin

William H. Wharton

Rafael Manchola

Resume immigration from the U.S. and make Texas a separate Mexican state

Under Mexican law, it was not a legal meeting

Mexican leaders refused to send their requests, so the convention had failed

Convention of 1833




Stephen F. Austin

Dr. James B. Miller

Erasmo Seguín

Sam Houston

End the immigration ban, more money for schools and defense against Indians, and make Texas a separate Mexican state

The Texans felt that they were not getting the proper support from the government because of how far away they were

They completed their work and sent it to the Mexican capital with Stephen F. Austin

Santa Anna Refuses Statehood




Stephen F. Austin Antonio López de Santa Anna

Santa Anna agreed to most of Austin’s terms, but refused to support statehood

Austin did not achieve all of his goals

Austin felt he had made some progress

Arrest of Stephen F. Austin




Stephen F. Austin Valentín Gómez Farías Colonel Juan N. Almonte

Austin wrote a letter to the local government in San Antonio that suggested they start to set up a state government without approval from the national government

The Catholic Church and the Mexican armed forces did not agree with the changes that the Federalist government had put in place in Texas

Santa Anna changed sides so that he could become more powerful and created a Centralist Mexico

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