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After an 11-year struggle, Mexico gained independence when Spain signed the Treaty of Córdoba on August 24, 1821. -
The Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824 (Spanish: Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1824) was the first constitution of Mexico, enacted on October 4 of 1824, inaugurating the First Mexican Republic -
The Fredonian Rebellion was the first
attempt by Texas settlers to secede, or
leave, from Mexico -
25000 people lived in texas in 1830 -
after reciving mier y terán report the mexican goverment they declared the law of april 1830 -
While there, Colonel Bradburn had unfairly
imprisoned William B. Travis and others for
undermining his authority, resulting in a
clash between a group of angry Texans and
Mexican troops, Texans fled the fighting at Anahuac to an
area known as Turtle Bayou and drafted
resolutions, or statements expressing
opinions, which included their -
The Convention of 1832 was held in San Felipe de Austin from October 1–6, 1832, and the Convention of 1833 began on April 1, 1833, and lasted until April 13, 1833. The 1832 convention preceded the 1833 one because its requests to the Mexican government were not addressed -
When Austin arrived in Mexico city Mexican goverment were dealing with a rexas civil war Austin wrote a letter encouranging Texas to begin setting up there own state goverment so they arrested him -
When the Mexican government demanded
the Texans in Gonzales surrender the cannon,
a small Texas militia flew a flag that read
“Come and Take It” and fired on the Mexican
soldiers along the Guadalupe River; the Texas
Revolution had officially begun -
declaration adopted by Texas colonists on November 3, 1835, which was a provisional government and a temporary constitution, predating the formal 1836 Texas constitution -
Texas delegates were divided when they met
at the Consultation of 1835; some wanted to
declare independence from Mexico, and
others wanted to restore the Constitution of
1824 -
Mexican General Martín Perfecto de Cos had
established headquarters in San Antonio,
and two months later, on December 5, 1835,
the Texan army attacked -
In February 1836, General Santa
Anna’s army was marching to San
Antonio to end the Texas Revolution
once and for all -
Santa Anna and thousand of his mexican soliders arrived in San Antonio on february 23, 1836 and began a 13 day seige -
The Travis letter was written on February 24, 1836, by William Barret Travis from inside the Alamo during the siege. It was a desperate plea for reinforcements addressed to "the People of Texas and All Americans in the World". The letter famously ended with the words "Victory or Death" -
Texan delegates signed the declaration on
March 2, 1836, celebrated today as Texas
Independence Day -
George childress is credited with wrighting most of the declarition of independence Texans delegates signed the declarition on March 2 1836, the Constitution Convention docment divided goverment into 3 branches and included a bill of rights -
On march 6, the Mexican army breached an outer wall and overpowered the Texian forces in a battle that lasted 90 minutes -
The Battle of Coleto Creek took place from March 19 to March 20, 1836, during the Texas Revolution. Texan forces under Colonel James Fannin were surrounded by Mexican troops led by General José de Urrea, leading to Fannin's surrender and the subsequent Goliad Massacre -
General Houston urgently ordered Colonel
James Fannin to evacuate his troops and
retreat to the Guadalupe River as the
Mexican army moved towards Goliad, Colonel Fannin was slow to respond, and by
the time he ordered a retreat, Mexican
General José de Urrea had managed to
capture a Texan force of 350 men Colonel Fannin -
Sam Houston halted his retreat and
spent two weeks training 900 men
before setting up camp in the heavily
wooded area of Buffalo Bayou near the
San Jacinto River on April 21, 1836 -
On May 14, 1836, Santa Anna and
David G. Burnet, interim president of
Texas, signed two treaties of Velasco