Name: _____________________________________ Date: ___________________ Period: _____
Unit 3 Notes: First Conflicts and Tensions Grow (Chapter 9)
Main Idea: Although conflicts continued in Texas, the colonists maintained their loyalty to the Mexican
government. But tensions rise when San Anna switches political parties.
I.
II.
What happened at Anahuac under Bradburn (1832)?
 ___________________ - site of fort build to control _____________________
to Mexico
 Colonists accused commander John David ________________ of:
 Taking _________________
 Refusing to give up runaway ______________.
 Imposing customs duties on ___________________ goods.
 _________________ results when Bradburn imprisoned 2 lawyers:
_______________ ___ ______________ and Patrick C. Jack, for interfering in his
efforts to _______________ laws.
What were the Turtle Bayou Resolutions (1832)?
 Formal statements adopted by ___________ colonists.
 Declared loyalty to _______________.
 Denied _______________ against Mexican authority.
 Insisted ______________ for General Santa Anna
 Santa Anna was a _________________ leading an uprising against the Mexican
_______________ President Bustamante. He promised to support the Texan-favored
_______________ Constitution of 1824.
III.
What happened at Velasco (1832)? Who came to power in 1833?
 At Velasco:
 John Austin and other colonists fought ______________ troops.
 After bitter _________________ and loss of life on both sides, the Mexicans
_________________________.
 In 1833:
 General Santa Anna was ________________ new Mexican _________________.
 Most Texas colonists were _______________, thinking Santa Anna would be a
___________________ and support Texas.
IV.
Why did Texans meet at the Conventions of 1832 & 1833?
 1832 Resolutions adopted:
 Texas be a _________________ Mexican state.
 Immigration from U.S. be _________________.
 Exemption from ____________ taxes.
 Improved ___________________ facilities.
 Better protection from _______________.
 Land titles for East Texas ________________.
 1833: Added a _______________ - a constitution for the Mexican State of ____________.
V.
What happened to SFA in Mexico City?
 SFA traveled to deliver _______________ resolutions to Mexican government.
 SFA had to wait months on Santa Anna to return…
 Grew discouraged and wrote a letter to San Antonio ____________________ to form their
own __________________.
 Finally met with ______________ ___________ about reforms for Texas and left
__________________.
 Later ________________ at Saltillo because of the ______________ and jailed for a
__________.
VI.
What reforms began in Texas in 1834?
 Late 1833: __________________, _________________, and yellow fever struck Texas
killing ________________.
 In 1834, reforms began:
 Recognizing ________________ as official language
 Allowing __________________ from the U.S.
 Improving the ______________ systems
 Promoting ________________ tolerance
 Increasing number of ___________________________ to the state legislature from 1 to 3
VII.
VIII.
IX.
What happened at Anahuac under Tenorio in 1835?
 Mexican captain Tenorio arrested a merchant for refusing to pay customs duties.
 ________________ ____ ___________ led colonists in response by forcing the
merchant’s _______________.
 Several towns disapproved of Travis’s actions and sent an apology to General _____, the
commander of _______________ forced in Coahuila. (Santa Anna’s brother-in-law)
How did General Cost react to these apologies?
 Wanted Travis and the others _________________ and turned over to a Mexican
_____________ court.
 Arrested ________________ ____ _____________, a Mexican politician (helped write
Constitution of 1824) critical of __________ ________ who had moved to Texas for
_____________.
Why did Texans call for a Consultation?
 They were _______________ to turn in their friends.
 Called for a ________________________, seeking a declaration of
____________________ from Mexico.
 The ____________ Party wanted friendly relations with Mexico.
 The ____________ Party favored the Consultation.
 SFA supported the consultation and urged people to ___________ against Santa Anna.