Mexican Rule and Texas Revolution
Between October 1835 and April 1836, a group of mostly American-born residents of the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the government of Mexico ...
Tejanos and the Texas Revolution: Their reaction to the Centralist ...
After the Mexican independence in 1821, Texas became a Mexican territory. Tejanos (Texas Mexicans) lived under Spanish rule and Mexican rule. México enacted ...
Revolution and Republic - Texas History
A few days after challenging the Mexican soldiers at Gonzales to “come and take it,” the colonists surprised the Mexican forces at the Presidio La Báhia in ...
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836
The Texas Declaration of Independence was issued during a revolution against the Mexican government that began in October 1835 following a series of government ...
Texas Declares Independence - Digital History
While holding out the possibility of compromise, the Texans prepared for war. In the middle of 1835, scattered local outbursts erupted against Mexican rule. The ...
Independence for Texas | US History I (OS Collection)
The growing presence of American settlers in Texas, their reluctance to abide by Mexican law, and their desire for independence caused the Mexican government to ...
The Texas Question | A Continent Divided: The U.S. Mexico War
When Mexico won its independence in 1821, it inherited from Spain a deep distrust of American territorial ambitions. The United States lost little time in ...
Tejano Heroes of the Texas Revolution | American Battlefield Trust
It was the battle cry that inspired Sam Houston's army to defeat their Mexican foes at the Battle of San Jacinto. The victory eventually sent ...
First shots of the Texas Revolution fired in the Battle of Gonzales
Recognizing that the “American” Texans were likely to use his rise to power as an excuse to secede, Santa Anna ordered the Mexican military to ...
Texas settlement and revolution examined | Britannica
NARRATOR: In 1821 Mexico won independence from Spain. The new country wanted to develop the frontier lands in its north—namely, Texas—which comprised the land ...
The Texas Revolution (1835–1836) - Oxford Academic
The province of Texas is still under Mexican rule, but soon there will, so to say, be no more Mexicans there”1Close (Davis, 2002: 76). A British agent, ...
Texas' 'Come and Take It' Still Reverberates Today
By demanding a return of the cannon, Mexico, under whose rule Texas was at the time, prevented the Texans of Gonzales from defending themselves— ...
Texas Revolution Causes, Battles & History - Study.com
Texas was originally part of Mexican territory; and in 1835, Texas actively began seeking to gain independence from Mexico. The result was a war between the two ...
The Turtle Bayou Resolutions | TSLAC
In the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, the rebels first articulated ideas that would become central to the Texas revolutionary movement, including ...
The Republic of Texas | American Experience | Official Site - PBS
At that meeting, Texans declared their independence from Mexico. Just four days later, on March 6, a bloody Mexican attack on the Alamo in San Antonio would ...
1824-1876: Browse Constitutions of Texas - Tarlton Law Library
In the midst of the Texas Revolution, delegates to the 1836 Convention hastily drafted a constitution for the new Republic of Texas. The ...
Preview of the Texas Revolution
After Santa Anna and a group known as the “centralists” overthrew the Mexican Constitution of 1824, Texas joined the fight against the new centralist government ...
The origins of Texas's proud independent streak
After fighting a revolution against Mexico, the Republic of Texas was briefly a sovereign nation. Self-rule wouldn't last long—but its legacy ...
Texas Settlement History | American Experience | Official Site - PBS
April 6: The Mexican Congress passes the Law of 1830. It prohibits settlement in Texas by immigrants from the U.S.; establishes military installations in Anglo ...
Texas Independence & the Mexican-American War: A Memestory
Let's examine Texas as part of Spain, Mexico, the United States, and well, Texas. As well as the 2nd officially declared U.S. war!