Road to the Texas Revolution

 Petition- to legally protest something, usually without force.  War Party- Texans who supported going to War with Mexico.  Peace Party- those who wanted peace with Mexico.

 Haden Edwards loses Empresario contract  He overthrows the Mexican leaders  30 people try to take over Texas. ◦ USA and SFA do not help  Mexico fears that more colonists will do the same and sends an Investigator.  They pass the Law of April 6, 1830 to control Texas.

 Law takes away some of the Texans’ rights. The colonists write the Turtle Bayou Resolutions. ◦ Closed borders from USA to Texas ◦ More soldiers and Mexican forts ◦ Custom Duties or taxes on imports

 Turtle Bayou Resolutions explain why the colonists think the Law is unfair. SFA takes the resolutions to Mexico City.  Convention of 1832 ◦ Open the borders ◦ Tax relief ◦ More protection  Convention of 1833 ◦ Texas constitution

 SFA writes a letter to Texas telling them to set up a Government ◦ Santa Anna intercepts the letter ◦ SFA is put in jail for treason  SFA is arrested and spends one year in jail. He is released and returns to Texas.

 While SFA was in jail he learned that Santa Anna had become a centralist dictator.  SFA joins the War Party  SFA says, “War is our only resource.”

 Mexican soldiers try to take a cannon from the people of Gonzales.  The people refuse and hide the cannon in a peach orchard ◦ Texans gather forces and make the “come and take it” flag  There is a short battle. One Mexican dies.  This is the start of the Texas Revolution.