CHAPTER 10
Section 1, 2
Before the bell
■ Write the mustache
question in your
Planner.
■ You need:
■ Pencil or blue or
black pen
■ Textbook
■ ISN
Under slide one
■ Write MEXICO
Then draw a stop sign
Mexico wanted Texans to
stop dealing with the United
States.
2: General Mier y Terán toured Texas and concluded
that American influence in the area was too strong.
General Mier y Terán’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
Add under second slide
Increase Mexican
Influence
Decrease Anglo
Influence
3: The law of April 6, 1830, banned American immigration to 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 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
Under slide 3
Write: Decree = an official order having the
force of law
Vocabulary Chapter 10
Define Resolution
Turtle Bayou Resolutions
On the next blank page of the ISN:
Answer the questions about the Turtle Bayou
Resolutions on page 209 of the textbook.
Section 2: Tensions Grow
1. Tension between officials and Texans at Anahuac
led to conflict.
Events Leading to Anahuac
• Anahuac established in fall 1830
• Fisher demands that all ships pay customs
at Anahuac November
• Bradburn arrests William B. Travis, Patrick
Jack, and others Spring
• Turtle Bayou Resolutions June 13, 1832.
• Battle of Velasco June 26-29, 1832
Below
Amahuac
Stop pay Taxes
The Turtle Bayou Resolutions declared Texas
support for the Mexican government.
■ 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
Below
Texans support the Mexican Constitution of
1824 but are against the Law of April 6, 1830
Fall
1830:
Bradburn
arrives in
Texas.
1831
Spring
1832:
Bradburn
November
arrests
1831: Fisher William B.
demands that Travis and
all ships pay
Patrick
customs at
Jack.
Anahuac.
1832
June
26–29,
Battle
of
Velasco
June 13, 1832:
Turtle Bayou
Resolutions
Copy the information in the boxes larger.
1833
Chapter 10 vocabulary
Add the following words and their definitions:
Reforms (212)
Delegates (212)
Video
Things to listen for:
Which cities did not attend the convention and
why?
What did the Convention of 1832 request from
Mexico?
Why was Austin arrested?
Notes
Take out your notes from this week.
Section 3: Conventions and Petitions
1: Texans hoped that a new government in
Mexico would lead to changes in Texas
Texans Hoped the Constitution of 1824 Would
Be Restored
•Some Texans liked its federalist principles
•This constitution gave Texans strong local
control in government
2: The Conventions of 1832 and 1833 requested
changes in immigration policy & statehood for Texas.
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
3: Stephen F. Austin was arrested while in Mexico to
present the Convention of 1833’s requests.
Austin’s Arrest Troubles Texans
• Santa Anna denies Austin’s request to separate Texas and
Coahuila
• Arrested in Saltillo in January 1833; released in December
1834
• Not permitted to return to Texas until July 1835
Santa Anna popularly elected
president of Mexico in 1831
Texas
Hoped
he would
Constitution of 1824
enforce, because its
federalist principles gave
Texas strong local control
Conventions of 1832, 1833
allow U.S. immigration, make Texas
a separate state, exempt Texas
from customs duties for three years,
provide land for public schools