1. Day 6

2. Unrest in Mexican Texas
Chart Completion

3. Why are the Texans so mad at the Mexican Government?
Warm up
Why are the Texans so mad at the Mexican Government?

4. Learning Target
I can trace the developments of the Texas Revolution and find the significance of each.

5. Research and Collaborate
You and your partner are going to read about several events that led to Anglos wanting to rebel.
Write a summary of the event on your chart
On the signal compare your summaries and decide on a significance (don’t write it yet!)
All together we will decide what the significance of the event is and include it on the chart.

6. Mexican Constitution 1824 Terms: Citizens must be Catholic
Slaver is allowed
Coahuila and Texas are 1 Mexican state
3 branches of government
Local gov’t gets to make more laws for themselves

7. Significance
Mexico is independent with a real constitution so it can be an organized country. Other countries around the world recognize it as independent from Spain.

8. Fredonia Rebellion
1st attempt by Anglos to free Texas from Mexican rule.
Not successful
Led by Haden Edwards

9. Significance
Mexico becomes afraid they will loose Texas.

10. Decree (Law) of April 6, 1830 The terms of this law:
Eliminated (stopped) more slaves from entering Tejas
Stopped immigration from the U.S. (but not Mex. or Europe)
Taxed US imports (brought into Tejas)
What is one issue the Decree of 1830 did NOT change that the colonists might want changed?
Freedom of religion – there was none…yet!

11. Significance
How was this decree (law) an important link in the chain of events leading to the Texas Revolution?
The Law of April 6, 1830 threatened the prosperity (wealth) of the colonies in Tejas.

12. Mier y Teran General Mier y Teran was sent to investigate Texas
Found too many Anglos in Texas (10:1)
Found Anglos were not practicing the Catholic religion
Mexico needed more control over Texas

13. Significance
This report led to the creation of the Decree of April 6, 1830 which made the Anglos afraid they would loose economic growth.

14. “Coahuila cannot govern Tejas; and the latter [ Tejas] cannot remain, and will not remain in harmony or calmness united with the former [Coahuila].”
  Stephen F. Austin speaking to Vice President Gómez Farías in 1834
(about the Law of 1830)
Attempting to fix the problems caused by the Law of April 6, 1830, SFA made this statement.
As a result he was arrested and placed in a Mexican jail.
Which constitutional principle in the USA could have prevented this from happening?
FREEDOM OF SPEECH

15. Turtle Bayou Resolutions
Texans wrote the Mexican gov’t a list of proposals :
We are loyal to the Mexican gov’t
We support Santa Anna (new president)
We want to follow the Consti of 1824
Turtle Bayou

16. Significance
A group of colonists wrote down a promise of loyalty to the Mexican gov’t
Is this enough? Why or Why not?
Do you think the Mexican gov’t will believe the Anglo colonists? Why or why not?

17. Convention of 1832
The Turtle Bayou Resolutions had no effect and tensions increased.
Texas colonists held an official convention in 1832
There they
Pledged support of Mex. Const. of 1824
Asked to get rid of Law of April 6th, 1830
Allow immigration from the U.S. again
Asked for Tejas to be an indep. state

18. Significance
This is an official meeting by the leaders of the Anglo colonists to promise loyalty to the Mexican gov’t.
Is this enough? Why or Why not?
Do you think the Mexican gov’t will believe the Anglo colonists? Why or why not?

19. Convention of 1833
Growing impatient colonists held another convention.
In this convention they made the same requests as in 1832 …. BUT this time they wrote a constitution for a new Mexican state of ……………..
TEXAS!

20. This was TREASON! Significance
How do you think the Mexican gov’t felt about the colonists writing a constitution for a state which would be separate Texas from Coahuila?
The Mexican gov’t s thought this act of creating a constitution as defiance toward the Mexican gov’t.
This was
TREASON!

21. Austin’s Arrest
Austin takes the Convention’s proposals to Santa Anna but has to wait too long
Austin writes a letter to the colonists encouraging them to declare a separate state from Coahuila.
Santa Anna views this as treason and has SFA thrown in jail

22. SFA is treated so unfairly that the colonists are ready for war now!
Significance
SFA is treated so unfairly that the colonists are ready for war now!

23. Click title for a quick review
The Colonists Try!
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24. Ticket out the Door
Do you think the colonists in Tejas had enough reasons to start a revolution and overthrow the Mexican gov’t? Why or why not?
Explain your answer using 3 specific historical examples to support your positioning.

25. Day 7

26. The Revolution Era

27. SEE, THINK, WONDER

28. Learning Target
I can explain the significance of major battles in the Texas Revolution.

29. Warm up
“War is our only recourse. There is no other remedy. We must defend our rights, ourselves, and our country by force of arms.”
Stephen F. Austin
What kind of source is this? How do you know? Justify your answer.
Do you agree or disagree with Austin’s quote?
What is significant about Austin speaking these words instead of another colonist?

30. Battles Research
Rotate through the centers to find out about each battle.
Use the information on the readings, videos, and/or power points to help you understand each battle of the Texas Revolution.

31. Battle of Gonzales Reading

32. Reciprocal Teaching Activity
You and your partner are going to read about the Battle of the Alamo. As you read, you need to highlight important facts about the battle.
After reading, write down your summary and the significance of the battle, and create 2 questions for your partner to answer about the battle.
Compare your summaries and ask your partner the 2 questions that you created over the event
Then collectively predict what you think will happen next in the Texas Revolution.

33. Battle of Gonzales
Play video from beginning up until the 2 minute mark.

34. Discussion Questions Why was the Mexican Army in Gonzales?
Why do you think the colonists didn’t just give the cannon to the Mexican Army? What individual right do you think the colonists were trying to protect?
Why is the Battle of Gonzales significant?

35. Writing Prompt
How do you think Mexico should respond to the events that took place at the Battle of Gonzales?

36. The Alamo - Reading Santa Anna William B. Travis Jim Bowie
Susanna Dickinson
Juan Seguín

37. Reciprocal Teaching Activity
You and your partner are going to read about the Battle of the Alamo. As you read, you need to highlight important facts about the battle.
After reading, write down your summary and the significance of the battle, and create 2 questions for your partner to answer about the battle.
Compare your summaries and ask your partner the 2 questions that you created over the event
Then collectively predict what you think will happen next in the Texas Revolution.

38. Battle of the Alamo

39. Discussion Questions
What message was Santa Anna trying to send at the Battle of the Alamo?
What were the results of the Battle of the Alamo?
Why is the Battle of the Alamo significant?

40. Writing Prompt
Which battle was more significant; the battle of Gonzales or the battle of the Alamo? Explain your answer.

41. Warning, Alarming, Defending Started the Texas Revolution
Battle Cinquain
Line 1: Name of the major battle
Line 2: two words to describe the battle
Line 3: three action words (-ing) to summarize the battle
Line 4: four-word summary of the significance of the battle
Line 5: one-word synonym for the battle
Gonzales
Short, Necessary
Warning, Alarming, Defending
Started the Texas Revolution
First
Example

42. __________ wanted ________ but then _______ so ___________.
SWBTS
Using 1 of the battles studied today, complete the following summary stem.
__________ wanted ________ but then _______ so ___________.

43. SWBTS
Using 1 of the battles we studied today, complete the following summary stem.
______wanted _________ but then
_________________________ so _______________.
Travis
more men
he was trapped at the Alamo
he sent a letter