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
Significant
Individuals
Goal of Action
Complaints or
Problems
Impact on
Revolution
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
Significant
Individuals
Goal of Action
Complaints or
Problems
Impact on
Revolution
General Don
Manuel Mier y
Terán
Discourage
Americans from
settling in Texas
Texans took this as It made Texans
a warning
aware that the
Mexican
Mexico didn’t
government
strongly enforce
wanted to
the law
change the
culture of Texas
Law of April 6, 1830
Significant
Individuals
Goal of Action
Complaints or
Problems
Impact on
Revolution
General Don
Manuel Mier y
Terán
Make Texas more
“Mexican”
Anglo settlers
Settlers began to
were outraged by grow tired of
the new rules
Mexican rule
Anahuac
Significant
Individuals
Goal of Action
Complaints or
Problems
Impact on
Revolution
Juan Davis
Bradburn
Impose the
authority of the
Mexican
government
Settlers felt that
Bradburn’s
actions were
illegal
Texas settlers took
up arms against
Mexican soldiers
William B. Travis
Patrick C. Jack
Turtle Bayou Resolutions
Significant
Individuals
Goal of Action
Complaints or
Problems
Impact on
Revolution
John Austin
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
General Antonio
López de Santa
Anna
Battle of Velasco
Significant
Individuals
Goal of Action
Complaints or
Problems
Impact on
Revolution
John Austin
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
Colonel Domingo
Ugartechea
Convention of 1832
Significant
Individuals
Goal of Action
Stephen F. Austin
Resume
Under Mexican
immigration from
law, it was not a
the U.S. and make legal meeting
Texas a separate
Mexican state
William H.
Wharton
Rafael Manchola
Complaints or
Problems
Impact on
Revolution
Mexican leaders
refused to send
their requests, so
the convention
had failed
Convention of 1833
Significant
Individuals
Goal of Action
Complaints or
Problems
Impact on
Revolution
Stephen F. Austin
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
Dr. James B. Miller
Erasmo Seguín
Sam Houston
Santa Anna Refuses Statehood
Significant
Individuals
Goal of Action
Stephen F. Austin
Santa Anna
Austin did not
agreed to most of achieve all of his
Austin’s terms, but goals
refused to support
statehood
Antonio López de
Santa Anna
Complaints or
Problems
Impact on
Revolution
Austin felt he had
made some
progress
Arrest of Stephen F. Austin
Significant
Individuals
Goal of Action
Complaints or
Problems
Impact on
Revolution
Stephen F. Austin
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
Valentín Gómez
Farías
Colonel Juan N.
Almonte