Road to Texas Revolution

Resulted when letter written to the local government in San Antonio was intercepted by Mexican officials who viewed the letter as a challenge to Mexican authority

• Conflict at Anahuac

• Austin is Arrested

• Fredonian Rebellion

• Turtle Bayou Resolutons

Hayden Edwards, and Empresario, had his land grant cancelled by the Mexican government when he ordered settlers to show their land titles or pay him for a new one.

• Report of Mier y Teran

• Turtle Bayou Resolutions

• Law of April 6, 1830

• Fredonian Rebellion

Banned U.S. immigration to Texas, taxed all U.S. imports, outlawed slaver, cancelled unfilled Empresario contracts.

• Law of April 6, 1830

• Conflict at Anahuac

• Turtle Bayou Resolutions

• Mier y Teran Report

Declaration that the events at Anahuac were not a rebellion. The Texans were just defending their rights under the Constitution of 1824.

• Law of April 6, 1830

• Fredonian Rebellion

• Conflict at Anahuac

• Turtle Bayou Resolutions

Investigation of Texas that concluded there needed to be more trade between Mexico and Texas, more Mexican soldiers in Texas, and more Mexican settlers to counter the growing American influence in Texas.

• Fredonian Rebellion

• Law of April 6, 1830

• Austin is arrested

• Report of Mier y Teran

Mexican Colonel Bradburn unlawfully arrests William B. Travis and Patrick Jack. Texans respond by attacking the fort demanding their release.

• Law of April 6, 1830

• Conflicts at Anahuac

• Austin is arrested

• Fredonian Rebellion

John Austin starts a fight with Mexican soldiers after he was caught with a canon.

• Battle of Velasco

• Fredonian Rebellion

• Conflict at Anahuac

• Turtle Bayou Conflict