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. Austins 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

• Mexicos Constitution of 1824
• Established states rights (Mexicos previous
  govt 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 Austins milita joined the Mexican
  governments 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.