1. Section 1: Political Unrest in Texas Section 2: Tensions Grow
CHAPTER 10
The Road to Revolution
Section 1: Political Unrest in Texas
Section 2: Tensions Grow
Section 3: Conventions and Petitions
Section 4: The Move toward War

2. Question: In which order did the following events occur?
SECTION 1
Political Unrest in Texas
Question:
In which order did the following events occur?

3. Political Unrest in Texas
SECTION 1
Political Unrest in Texas
Order
Event 3 8 2 6 7 5 1 4
The Mexican government cancels Haden Edwards’s land contract.
General Mier y Terán is sent on a tour of Texas.
Conflicts arise over land titles in Haden Edwards’s colony.
The Mexican government puts down the Fredonian Rebellion.
Mexican officials fear they are losing control of Texas.
Stephen F. Austin and other Texans oppose the Fredonian Rebellion.
Haden Edwards receives an empresario contract in East Texas.
Benjamin Edwards and a small group declare the Republic of Fredonia and capture Nacogdoches.

4. Question: What events led to conflicts at Anahuac and Velasco?
SECTION 2
Tensions Grow
Question:
What events led to conflicts at Anahuac and Velasco?

5. Tensions Grow SECTION 2 Fall 1830: Nov 1831: Spring 1832:
June 13, 1832:
June 26–29, 1832:
Turtle Bayou
Resolutions
Fisher demands that all ships pay customs at Anahuac.
Bradburn arrests William B. Travis, Patrick Jack, and several others.
Anahuac
established
Battle of Velasco
1831
1832
1833

6. SECTION 3
Conventions and Petitions
Question:
What did Texans hope to receive from the new Mexican government under Santa Anna?

7. popularly elected president
SECTION 3
Conventions and Petitions
TEXANS
HOPED HE
WOULD
Santa Anna
Constitution of 1824
Conventions of 1832, 1833
popularly elected president
of Mexico in 1831
enforce, because its federalist principles gave Texas strong local control
allow U.S. immigration, make Texas a separate state, exempt Texas from customs duties for three years, provide land for public schools

8. SECTION 4
The Move Toward War
Question:
How did Mexican policies increase tension between Texans and the government?

9. The Move Toward War SECTION 4 Texas Response Santa Anna:
increases power of central government, which violates the Constitution of 1824
strengthens military control of Texas
Many support constitution; feel they are losing local control.
Many worry about the arrival of more troops.
Texans Call for War
Texas Response
Conflict at Anahuac:
Travis leads a small group in an attack on Tenorio’s post; Tenorio surrenders.
Texans are concerned by orders for arrests because there will not be a trial by jury.
Wharton and others call for a Consultation (Oct. 1835).
Officials resume collecting customs duties; Tenorio arrests Briscoe.
Cos orders arrest of leaders of attack and sends more troops to Texas.

10. Chapter Wrap-Up CHAPTER 10
1. What role did government regulation of trade play in the growing conflict between Texans and the Mexican government?
2. How did Santa Anna’s decision to set aside the Constitution of 1824 and create a centralist government affect Texas?
3. How do you think the problems facing a young nation like the Republic of Mexico affected its policies toward Texas?