Causes of Texas Revolution
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- Battle of Gonzales
- COME AND TAKE IT
- Meir y Teran Investigation
- GMTMYT: Are you anglo?
- Anglo: Yes, these are my slaves I have brought from the U.S.
- U.S Ambassador: Maybe Mexico should consider to the U.S.
- The law of April 6th
- Welcome to Texas
- Your family isn't allowed to migrate to the U.S.
- U.S line
- On October 2, 1835, the growing tensions between Mexico and Texas erupt into violence when Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, sparking the Texan war for independence. After a brief fight, the Mexicans retreated and the Texans kept their cannon.
- Consultation of 1835
- War!
- The Turtle Bayou Resolution
- I don't want to have to be loyal to Santa Anna. We are trying to defend the Federalist Constitution of 1824. We don't like the Centralist Constitution
- The law stopped immigration for the USA, which upset the colonists because they had family in the USA. The law also stopped the introduction of slaves.
- Convention of 1836
- We will keep fighting against Santa Anna! We won't stop until we get our independence.
- Texans meet at Washington-on-the Brazos and decide if Texas would declare its independence. The peace party vs. the war party. It was put to a vote and the peace party won. The colonist pledged their loyalty to Mexico and said they would defend the Constitution of 1824.
- 3 against 2. Peace wins.
- In the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, the rebels first articulated ideas that would become central to the Texas revolutionary movement, including allegiance to the Mexican constitution of 1824.
- While many colonists are at the convention Santa Anna has arrived in Texas and is fighting against the Texans, The convention takes place at Washington-on-the Brazos and the purpose is to establish in an independent government. In the declaration, the Texans write a list of com[plaints about why they were unhappy with the Mexican Government. On March 6, 1836, the Alamo falls and this motivates the Texans to keep fighting.
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