The Mexican Republic & the Far Northern Frontier, 1821-1835
Political Dissention
Taxation
Self Reliance
California
New Mexico
Santa Fe Trail
Texas
Empresario
Santa Fe Trail
William Becknell
Reciprocal Trading
Secularization of the Mission System
Mexican Independence
Secularization
Reality
By 1846
Rancheros
Ranchos
Indians
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Background to Anglo Distrust
Spanish Govt., 1804
Nemesio Salcedo
Importance of Tejas
Gov. Manuel Maria de Salcedo, 1811
Juan Bautista de las Casas
Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara, 1812
Augustus Magee
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Republican Army of the North
Secretary of State, James Monroe
President Protector of the State
Gov. Salcedo & Col. Simon de Herrera
Jose Joaquin Arredondo & Jose Alvarez de Toledo
Battle of Medina
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Philip Nolan, 1801
1806 & Louisiana Territory
Gen. James Wilkinson, 1806
Dr. James Long, 1819
Filibusters
Transcontinental Treaty (Adams-Onis Treaty)
Sabine River
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Anglo Immigration into the Northern Frontier, 1820-1836
Anglo Cultural Resistance
Mexican Govt.’s Response
Results
Early Anglo Immigration Efforts
Moses Austin, 1820
Spain
Stephen F. Austin
Land Grants
Requirements
Formal Immigration Policy
Three Main Reasons
Defense Immigration
Missions as Liabilities
Lack of Man Power
Imperial Colonization Law, 1823
Old Three Hundred
Barron de Bastrop
Stipulations of Colonization Law
National Colonization Law, 1824
Powers of Congress
State Colonization Law, 1825
Empresario Grants
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Population Growth, post-1836
Stephen F. Austin
Bastrop County & San Felipe de Austin
Green DeWitt
Gonzales
Martin De Leon
De Leon’s Colony
Victoria
Robert Leftwich
Haden Edwards
Nacogdoches
Fredonian Rebellion
Ben Edwards
Republic of Fredonia
Austin’s Militia
Anglos & the Mexican Government
According to Mexico
To Anglos, on the other hand
Manuel de Mier y Teran, 1828
Reports
Law of April 6, 1830
Enforced Emancipation Decree
Pres. Vicente Guerrero, 1829
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