Independence of Texas

By Leonardinis10

  • 1821

    With the signing of the Treaty of Cordoba, Mexico is free from Spanish control after 300 years as a Spanish colony and 11 years or revolution

  • 1823

    Mexico passes the General Colonization Law, formally opening Texas to colonization. Presenting empresario grants to individuals, the hope is to encourage settlement and economic growth in the remote Mexican land of Texas

  • 1824

    The Mexican government adopts the Constitution of 1824. Based on the United States constitution, Texians are, for the most part, in favor of the document. Texas and Coahuila are joined as a single Mexican state.

  • 1828

    Mier y Teran is sent on a fact-finding mission to Texas by the Mexican government. Because of U.S. interest in Texas and the large number of Anglo settlers flowing into Mexico, the government is anxious to assess
    the situation.

  • 1829

    In his report to the Mexican government, Mier y Teran recounts that the Americans living in the Nacogdoches area outnumber Mexicans 10 to 1 and American influence is apparent throughout Texas.

  • 1830

    In response to Mier y Teran's report, the Mexican government enacts the Law of April 6th. This law prohibits the immigration of any more Americans into Texas, places taxes on goods coming into Texas from the U.S., prohibits slaves from entering Texas from the U.S., and deploys Mexican troops for permanent duty station in Texas.

  • 1832

    In June, Anglo-American settlers rebel against the Bustamente
    government and its violations of the Mexican Constitution of 1824.
    They adopt the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, pledging support for the
    constitution and urge all Texians to support the patriots fighting under Santa Anna to defeat military despotism.

  • 1832

    In October, Texians convene in San Felipe de Austin for the Convention of 1832; they organize municipalities and adopt a series of resolutions, the most controversial being a request for separate statehood from Coahuila. The Mexican government claims the meeting is unauthorized and illegal and
    does not recognize the resolutions.

  • 1833

    Texians convene in April in San Felipe de Austin for the Convention of 1833. Delegates write a state constitution for Texas and send Stephen F. Austin to Mexico City with a petition for statehood. Their
    countrymen elect Santa Anna as the Federalist president of Mexico.

  • 1834

    Stephen F. Austin is arrested and imprisoned in Mexico City. Though accused of trying to incite insurrection in Texas, no charges are made against him, no court will accept jurisdiction of his case, and he remains a prisoner, shifting from prison to prison, from January until December 1834, when he is released on bond.