EVENTS LEADING
TO THE TEXAS
REVOLUTION
CHAPTER 6
THE FREDONIAN
REBELLION
 DECEMBER 1826
 REALLY A MINOR EVENT
 FIRST CONFLICT BETWEEN
SETTLERS & GOVT. OF MX..
 U.S. NEWSPAPERS OVERSTATE
PROBLEMS
 S.F. AUSTIN’S MILITIA HELPS PUT
DOWN REVOLT
 99% OF TEXANS SUPPORT MX.
FREDONIAN REBELLION
 LEADERS OF REVOLT; BEN &HADEN
EDWARDS
 HEADQUARTERS AT OLD STONE
FORT (Nacogdoches)
 Flag: Independence & Liberty &
Justice
 MEXICO GROWS MORE WORRIED
ABOUT USA AIMS
 MX. SENDS GENERAL TERAN TO
TOUR TEXAS
TOUR AND REPORT OF
GEN. MIER y TERAN
 1828-1829
 GEN. TERAN TOURS TX. AS A RESULT
OF REBELLION
 WRITES A REPORT OF CONDITIONS
 HE STATES: TEXAS COULD THROW
ENTIRE NATION INTO REVOLT
 MEXICAN INFLUENCE LESSENS AS
YOU GO NORTH IN TX.
TOUR AND REPORT OF
GEN. TERAN
 NEAR NACOGDOCHES ANGLOS
OUTNUMBER TEJANOS 10-1
 MORE ANGLOS AS YOU GO NORTH
 AMERICAN INFLUENCE TOO STRONG
TERAN RECOMMENDS
 SET UP A DEPT. OF NACOGDOCHES
 INCREASE TRADE BETWEEN TX. &
MX.
 SEND MORE SOLDIERS TO TEXAS
 MOVE PEOPLE FROM MX. TO TX.
 “ ONLY IF MY RECOMMENDATIONS
ARE FOLLOWED CAN MEXICO KEEP
TEXAS’
LAW OF APRIL 6, 1830
 DRAMATIC CHANGE IN POLICY
 GOAL IS TO MAKE TX. MORE MEXICAN
 IT IS A RESPONSE TO TERAN’S REPORT
 SUSPENDS ALL EMPRESARIO CONTRACTS
 NO NEW SLAVES CAN BE BROUGHT TO
TEXAS
 PAY IMMIGRANTS TO COME FROM MX. &
EUROPE
LAW OF APRIL 6, 1830
 MORE TROOPS SENT TO TEXAS
 BUILD MORE GARRISONS IN TEXAS
 NO MORE IMMIGRATION FROM USA
 TARIFF PLACED ON GOODS FROM
USA.(IMPORT TAX)
 THIS HARMS TEXAS ECONOMY
 ANGERS TEXANS THAT HAVE BEEN
LOYAL
TEXAS HISTORY QUESTION
 WHAT TEXAN INVENTED THE 12
STRING GUITAR?
 A. WILLIE NELSON
 B. BENNY BARNES
 C. WAYLON JENNINGS
 D. BUDDY HOLLY
 B. BENNY BARNES
CONFLICT AT ANAHUAC
 1832-GARRISON IS BUILT AT ANAHUAC
 COL. JUAN DAVIS BRADBURN IN CHARGE
 BUILT AS TAX COLLECTION SITE
 ARRESTS LOCAL LAND COMMISSINER
(MADERO)
 ABOLISHES TOWN OF LIBERTY
 TAKES SUPPLIES WITHOUT PAYMENT
 FORCES TEXAS SLAVES TO BUILD
GARRISON, DOESN’T PAY OWNERS
CONFLICT AT ANAHUAC
BRADBURN ARRESTS W.B. TRAVIS AND
PATRICK JACK
 DOES NOT CHARGE THEM WITH A CRIME
 TEXANS ACCUSE COL. BRADBURN OF
ABUSE OF POWER & TYRANNY
 COL. PIEDRAS ARRIVES FROM
NACOGDOCHES
PIEDRAS FREES PRISONERS, PAYS TEXANS
 PIEDRAS FORCES BRADBURN TO RESIGN
TURTLE BAYOU
RESOLUTIONS
 1832-WRITTEN TO JUSTIFY TEXANS
FIGHT AGAINST BRADBURN
 STATE THE FOLLOWING:
 1. TEXAS IS NOT REBELLING VS. MX.
 2. FIGHTING FOR CONSTITUTION OF
1824
 3. SUPPORT FEDERALIST REVOLT
 4. SUPPORT FEDERALIST LEADER;
SANTA ANNA
BLOODSHED AT VELASCO
 1832-VELASCO, GARRISON AT
MOUTH OF BRAZOS R.
 TEXANS GO BY STEAMSHIP TO GULF
ON BRAZOS R.
 TEXANS ATTEMPT TO BRING
CANNON TO ANAHUAC
 JOHN AUSTIN IS TEXAS LEADER
 COL. DOMINGO UGARTECHEA IS
MEXICAN COMMANDER AT VELASCO
BLOODSHED AT VELASCO
 MEN KILLED & WOUNDED IN BOTH
ARMIES
 MEXICAN TROOPS RUN OUT OF
AMMO& SURRENDER
 TEXANS ARRIVE AT ANAHUAC WITH
CANNON
 CRISIS HAS BEEN RESOLVED
BEFORE ARRIVAL
U.S. HISTORY QUESTION
 WHICH PRESIDENT HAD VERY LOW
POPULARITY OR APPROVAL
RATINGS?
 A. Abraham Lincoln
 B. Lyndon Johnson
 C. Herbert Hoover
 D. Harry Truman
 A. CIVIL WAR; TOO MANY DEATHS
 B. VIET NAM WAR; PROTESTS
 C. STOCK MARKET CRASH AND
DEPRESSION
 D. KOREAN WAR; NEVER ENDING
CONVENTION OF 1832
 OCTOBER 1, 1832
 WHERE- SAN FELIPE DE AUSTIN
 S.F. AUSTIN IS CHOSEN AS LEADER
 DELEGATES FROM VICTORIA, SAN
ANTONIO, & GOLIAD ARRIVE LATE
 WILLIAM WHARTON & RAFAEL
MANCHOLA ARE DELEGATES TO GO
TO MX. CITY
RESOLUTIONS OF 1832
 RESTORE IMMIGRATION FROM USA
 TEXAS SHOULD BE A SEPARATE
STATE IN MX.
 EXEMPT COLONISTS FROM TARIFFS
 PROTECTION FROM INDIANS
 MONEY FOR SCHOOLS
 LAND COMMISSIONER FOR EAST TX.
 GOV. MUSQUIZ SAYS CAN’T GO TO
MX.-MEETING WAS NOT LEGAL
CONVENTION OF 1833
 APRIL 1, 1833
 WILLIAM WHARTON IS PRESIDING
 SFA TOURS TEXAS ASKS FOR
SUPPORT
 ALL COMMUNITIES ARE
REPRESENTED
 REFORM THE LAW OF APRIL 6TH
 APPROVE SAME RESOLUTIONS AS
1832
CONVENTION OF 1833
 SAM HOUSTON IS ELECTED AS DELEGATE
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FROM NACOGDOCHES
HOUSTON CHAIRS A COMMITTEE WRITNG
A STATE CONSTITUTION
DAVID G. BURNET ARGUES FOR
STATEHOOD
SFA, ERASAMO SEGUIN, AND DR. JAMES
MILLER DELGATED TO GO TO MX. CITY
SFA IS ONLY ONE WHO CAN GO
AMERICAN HISTORY
QUESTION
 WHICH AMERICAN INDIAN LEADER
HAD RED HAIR AND FRECKLES?
 A. SITTING BULL
 B. QUANAH PARKER
 C. CRAZY HORSE
 D. PONTIAC
 C. CRAZY HORSE
SFA IN MEXICO
 DELEGATE FROM CONV. OF 1833
 PRES. SANTA ANNA NOT IN MX. CITY
 SFA MEETS WITH VP FARIAS
 FARIAS THINKS AUSTIN TOO DEMANDING
 AUSTIN WRITES LETTER WHILE ANGRY
 SANTA ANNA APPROVES ALL REQUESTS
EXCEPT SEPARATE STATEHOOD
SFA IN MEXICO
 AS HE RETURNS TO TX. SFA IS ARRESTED
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DUE TO LETTER –JAN.1834
PUT IN PRISON IN MX. CITY- NO CHARGES
SANTA ANNA OVERTHROWS
CONSTITUTION OF 1824
SANTA ANNA BECOMES DICTATOR
AUSTIN IS RELEASED SEPT.1835,
ARGUES FOR WAR
MORE CONFLICT AT
ANAHUAC
 1835:
 GEN. COS SENT TO BREAK UP TX.
STATE GOVT. (UNAPPROVED)
 CAPT. TENORIO ARRESTS A TEXAS
MERCHANT
 THE MERCHANT HAS NOT PAID
TAXES
 WILLIAM BARRET TRAVIS CAPTURES
ANAHUAC
MORE CONFLICT AT
ANAHUAC
 CAPT. TENORIO LEAVES ANAHUAC FOR
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MX. CITY
GEN. COS DEMANDS TX. TURN OVER
TRAVIS
TEXANS DO NOT COMPLY/ DO NOT AGREE
WITH TRAVIS
FEARFUL TRAVIS WILL BE EXECUTED
TEXANS DECIDE TO MEET AT
CONSULTATION IN OCTOBER
THE CONSULTATION
 SCHEDULED FOR OCT. 15, 1835
 AT WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS
 MOVED TO SAN FELIPE DE AUSTIN
 QUESTION IS FOR ARE TEXANS
FIGHTING
 SFA SAYS TX. MUST SEPARATE
FROM MX.
 TIME IN PRISON CHANGED HIS
VIEWS
QUOTATION QUESTION
 WHO SAID “ I HAVE DISCOVERED
THAT HUMAN EVIL COMES FROM
MAN’S BEING UNABLE TO SIT STILL
IN A ROOM”?
 A. RENE DESCARTES
 B. THOMAS JEFFERSON
 C. BLAISE PASCAL
 D. THOMAS ALVA EDISON
 C. Blaise Pascal