Road to Revolution

Place the events in chronological order

• Turtle Bayou Resolutions

• Fredonian Rebellion

• Law of April 6, 1830

• Mier y Teran Report

• Arrest of Stephen F Austin

Which event started after Empresario Hayden Edwards found people living on his land, and the Mexican government did nothing to help him?

• Fredonian Rebellion

• Mier y Teran Report

• Arrest of Stephen F Austin

• Turtle Bayou Resolutions

What did the Texans declare in the Turtle Bayou Resolutions?

• Loyalty to Mexico

• Support of Santa Anna

• Loyalty to the Constitution of 1824

• They want to form their own state government

Why did the Fredonian Rebellion fail?

• It received no support from Stephen F Austin

• Austin was arrested for treason

• Meir y Teran arrested the Empresarios

• It didn't fail

What did Meir y Teran observe while in Texas?

• The Texans following all the laws

• The Mexican population outnumbered the American population

• The American population outnumbered the Mexican population

• The Texans causing rebellions

What event led the Mexican government to send General Meir y Teran to Texas?

• Fredonian Rebellion

• Law of April 6, 1830

• Arrest of Stephen F Austin

• Turtle Bayou Resolutions

Match the following events to their description

• Turtle Bayou Resolutions

• Written to limit the American influence in Texas

• Meir y Teran Report

• Led by Empresarios but failed

• Law of April 6, 1830

• Warned Mexico to act quickly or lose Texas forever

• Arrest of Stephen F Austin

• Texans show support for Mexico and Santa Anna

• Fredonian Rebellion

• Letter is intercepted and he is charged with treason

Why was Stephen F Austin arrested?

• He wrote a letter telling Texans to create a state government

• He led a rebellion against Mexico

• He was caught smuggling in Americans to Texas

• He refused to pay taxes

Select what the Law of April 6, 1830 did in Texas.

• Outlawed US immigration to Texas

• Added taxes to goods bought from America

• No new slaves allowed

• Established Mexican forts in Texas

• Abolished the Constitution of 1824

When Santa Anna was a member of the Federalist Party, he supported...

• state's rights

• power given to him as President

• Texas becoming its own state

• Outlawing US immigration