Fredonian Rebellion
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- glad to be an emposario
- alright pay me 50$ exra
- im leader of the settlement,
- haden edwards was an empresario. he moved into texas with stephen F austin. haden edwards received his empresario contract from the government in 1825. he created his own colony near Nacogdoches. the contract also gave him permission settle about 800 families
- edward actions are ridiculous i want you to cancel his emposarioship
- we will cancel his emposhario ship and replace his son in law whit someone else
- edwards finds that there are some mexican familles. anglo settlers and cherokee had lived on his land for more than 100 years. they had become known as the old settlers edwards.the contract required him to respect property right of all settler who lived there. when he arrived he demanded that the people living there would have to pay him extra money
- we declare ourselves free from mexico rule
- edwards actions made the settlers very angry. they became even angier after his son in law was elected as the leader of the settlement. many of the old settlers suspected fraud.
- noooooooooo
- The Republic of Fredonia is know collapsed.
- The old settlers complained to the Mexican government, and the old settlers complained to the Mexican government, and the the Mexican government sided with them. In October 1826 the Mexican government canceled Edward’s contract because they saying that he was not fallowing the rules The Mexican government replaced Edward’s son-in-law with a new leader.
- a group of edwards spok action. they arrested the new leader and tried to force him from office. the mexican government sent soldier to stop them. he declared edwards,his brother,an their supporters free form mexico rule. They planned to establish the Republic of Fredonia. On December 21, 1826, they wrote the Fredonian Declaration of Independence.
- Tejanos and Anglo settlers did not like the Fredonian Rebellion.Stephen F. Austin, who supported the Mexican government’s decision, gathered troops to fight Edwards.1n 1827 the fredonian leaned that mexican troops and stephen F Austin troops are coming the rebel including edwards ran away.The Republic of Fredonia collapsed. The Fredonian Rebellion was short – but its effect was great. It was the first event leading to the Texas Revolution.
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