Texas Revolution (Road to Events & People)

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, an Empresario, started this rebellion and claimed a part of east Texas (Nacogdoches) as the Republic of Fredonia.

• 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 slavery, cancelled unfilled Empresario contracts.

• Law of April 6, 1830

• Conflict at Anahuac

• Turtle Bayou Resolutions

• Mier y Teran Report

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

The Law of April 6th 1830 was Mexico's attempt to-

• Remove all Texans from San Antonio
• Strengthen the Texas Government
• Give more empresario land grants to Anglos
• Weaken American influence in Texas

What happened to Stephen F. Austin after he met with Mexican officials in Mexico City in 1833?

• Was arrested for treason
• Got a new empresario contract
• Took command of the Texas Army
• Went back to the U.S.

If you support a strong national government & believe they should make the laws, you agree with-

• Federalists
• Centralists

*Fredonian Rebellion         *Meir y Teran Report        *Law of April 6, 1830       *Arrest of Stephen F. Austin These events led to-

• Mexican Independence from Spain
• Exploration of Texas by the Spanish
• Texas Revolution against Mexico
• The establishment of Missions & Presidios

If you support a National government & State government sharing power to create laws, you agree with-

• Federalists
• Centralists

The LAW of April 6, 1830 —

^{-stopped immigration from the United States}

^{- encouraged Mexican and European immigration into Texas}

^{-placed duties on goods made in foreign nations}

Which is the MOST likely reason this decree was an important link in the chain of events leading to the Texas Revolution?

• It stopped Spain from colonizing Texas.

• It made the Texas colonists suspicious of one another.

• It threatened the prosperity of the Mexican colonies.

• It enabled the Mexican government to interfere in the lives of Texas colonists.