The Road to Revolution

1. The Road to Revolution Chapter 9, Section 1

2. Review • What is Manifest Destiny? • Why did most Anglo settlers come to Texas? • What did Spain want Anglo settlers to agree to in order to live in Texas? • What was Stephen F. Austin’s contribution to Texas? • Who gained control of Texas in 1821?

3. Differences Arise • Some settlers established their own : • Newspapers • schools • Some settlers: • Kept their own customs • Did not become Catholic • Mexican government officials worried that colonists were becoming too independent

4. States Rights • Mexico’s Constitution of 1824 • Established states rights (Mexico’s previous gov’t was based on more federal power) • Placed the province of Texas in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas • Nationalist concerns increased hostilities • Many officials felt power belonged to the national government • Nationalists worried that a growing U.S. population would encourage colonists to seize Texas and join U.S.

5. State Colonization Law of 1825 • Allowed other empresarios to receive land grants in Texas • By 1830 Texas had a population of almost 20,000

6. Edwards Brothers • In 1825 Haden Edwards received a very large land grant in eastern Texas-near Nacogodoches • Required to honor previous land grants-but many did not have proof • After a bogus election the Governor reversed the election decision and took away the land grant • Edwards negotiated a treaty with the Cherokees

7. Fredonian Rebellion • Occured near Nacogdoches in 1826-and made many Mexican nationalist leaders feel as though their fear that Texas settlers were trying to take Texas were real • Edwards and followers formed the Fredonian Republic and claimed the area was no longer under Mexican control • Stephen Austin’s milita joined the Mexican government’s troops to defeat the Fredonians • Conflict ended quickly in January of 1827

8. An Attempt to Purchase Texas • Mexican officials feared that the settlers had secret ties with the U.S. • In 1826 U.S. president John Quincey Adams sent Joel Poinsett to Mexico with an offer buy all or part of Texas for $1 million dollars

9. The Mier y Teran Report • An increasing number of settlers from the U.S. the Fredonian Rebellion, and the offer to buy Texas fueled concerns of the Mexican nationalists • Mexico sent Manuel Meir y Teran, a commander in the Mexican army, to investigate the conditions in Texas

10. Mier y Teran Report • Teran reported that the Anglo settlers outnumbered the Mexican settlers 10 to 1 • Noted that the United States influence was growing in Texas • Mexican President Vicente Guerrero responded by attempting to make Texas less attractive for future colonists

11. The Law of April 6, 1830 • Purpose was to control Texas colonists • Outlawed immigration from the U.S. to Texas and canceled all empresarial grants that had not been fulfilled • This law also included other provisions designed to slow Anglo American immigration: • Slaves could no longer be brought in work the fields • New forts and presidios were built to stop illegal immigration • A customs duty was placed on all goods entering Texas from the U.S.