1. The causes of the TEXAS REVOLUTION
The ROAD to REVOLUTION
The causes of the
TEXAS REVOLUTION

2. Requirements to live in Texas
Pledge loyalty to Spain/Mexico
Good character
Catholic
hard times coming

3. Trying to CHANGE... People beginning to grow tired of Mexican laws
Begin to establish Anglo schools
… Anglo newspapers
Mexican government begins to worry that the anglos (Texans) are becoming too independent

4. Fredonian Revolt
Haden Edwards was given an empresarial grant by the Mexican government
“Squatters” occupied most of his land
The Mexican government refused to force the squatters off the land
Edwards, with his brother and two others claimed the area around Nacogdoches free and independent

5. Fredonian Revolt
The Mexican government sent soldiers in to stop the rebellion, and Stephen F. Austin sent in militia
Without shots fired the rebellion was ended
SFA sided with Mexico to prove his continued loyalty to the Mexican government
The Mexican government grows more worried about anglo independence

6. The Mier y Teran Report
The worry of anglo independence led to the Mexican government sending in highly decorated General Mier y Teran to investigate the conditions in Texas

7. The Mier y Teran Report
General Mier y Teran found the following that concerned him about Texas…
Anglos outnumbered Texans 10-1
Texans trading with U.S. (illegal)
He told officials that Mexico had lost control of Texas, and they must regain a strong hold of the area

8. Steps to REGAIN Texas 1829 - Abolish slavery 1830 - April 6th Laws
Outlawed immigration from the U.S. to Texas
Cancelled all empresarial grants unfulfilled
Encouraged Euro and Spanish settlement in Texas
Tax on all goods from US
No slaves imported from US

9. Texans Angered NO SLAVES = NO COTTON New taxes hurt economy
New laws made it impossible for friends and family to join new settlers
Mexican soldiers increased in Texas
Mexican government no longer based on States’ Rights
Feel wronged/betrayed

10. Texans React (Turtle Bayou Resolution)
Showed support for Santa Anna and his attempt to revolt against the Mexican government
Texans thought that Santa Anna would be good for them by bringing back a government centered on states’ rights

11. Santa Anna Elected President of Mexico
Convention of 1832
Repeal immigration laws
fair taxes
mail system
court system
land for schools

12. Mexican Officials Say NO!
Mexican officials in San Antonio refuse to send the requests to Santa Anna in Mexico City
Convention of 1832
Same basic principles, only this time SFA takes it himself

13. SFA Arrested
SFA goes to Mexico with the requests of the Convention of 1832
Initially is responded to negatively, and writes a letter back to Texas requesting them to begin making Texas and independent state loyal to Mexico
After the letter is sent, SFA gets to meet with Santa Anna, and gets everything he wants, except statehood

14. The BLUNDER
After SFA gets everything he wants, lower taxes, repeal of the immigration laws, etc., the letter is found, and he is jailed for treason. He spent two years in Mexico.
The treatment of SFA by the Mexican government angered Texans, and the fear of Texan independence scared worried the Mexican government

15. Shots soon to come...
The measures and countermeasures from both sides made for great tension between the Texans and Mexico
Both sides were waiting for any small reason to start a war, and that small reason was going to be a cannon in Gonzales that for all intents and purposes was useless.