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The Texas Revolt : The Texas Revolt 1820s-1830s
Mexico’s 1824 Colonization Act : Mexico’s 1824 Colonization Act Permitted foreign immigration into Southwest
Plan intended to populate the region
Develop the region economically
Link the region with interior Mexico
“Mexicanize the region”
Buffer against American expansionism
Provisions of the 1824 act : Provisions of the 1824 act Immigrants Must:
Adopt Mexican citizenship
Be or become Catholics
Obey Mexican laws
Respect Mexican culture, customs and authority
Provisions, continued : Provisions, continued Economic incentives included:
No taxes for up to seven years
Purchase land in the following amounts:
640 acres per male
320 per female
160 per child
80 per slave
Haden Edwards : Haden Edwards Began a revolt against Mexican authority
Proposed calling the new Texas Republic “Freedonia”
General Manuel Mier y Teran sent to Texas in response
General Mier y Teran : General Mier y Teran Writes a report on the influence of the Texas immigrants in Texas
Warns Mexico against the belligerence of the immigrants
Proposed two corrective measures:
1829 decree-abolished slavery in Texas
1830 decree-curtailed further immigration
Tadeo Ortiz de Ayala : Tadeo Ortiz de Ayala Mexican official who visited Texas and reported its value to Mexico
Texas has important assets for Mexico: land and raw materials
Loss of Texas would devastate Mexico’s future
Texas Declaration of Independence : Texas Declaration of Independence 1835 document declaring independence from Mexico
Outlines grievances against the Mexican government: lack of free trade, invasion of private property, lack of due process, etc.
Highly controversial for Mexico
President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna declares war
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna : Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Defeats Texans in battles of Goliad, Nacogdoches and San Antonio (Alamo)
Captured at San Jacinto
Forced to sign the Treaty of Velasco in 1836
The Treaty of Velasco : The Treaty of Velasco Declares the independence of the Texas region from Mexico
Highly controversial treaty due to:
Conditions of its signing
Boundary line at the Rio Grande
Mexico’s refusal to ratify the agreement
The Texas Republic : The Texas Republic Lone Star Republic 1836-1845
Admitted as a state of the United States in 1845 as a slave state
Mexico opposed Texas annexation
Considered an act of war by Mexico
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