Vocab
The rights of personal liberty guaranteed to citizens of a country by a constitution.
What is civil rights?
Port town that the Mexican government used to control trade and commerce
What is Anahuac?
Created after the skirmishes at Anahuac, these documents declared loyalty to Mexico and Santa Anna.
What are the Turtle Bayou Resolutions?
This party came to power during the 1830s, many Texans became upset because they were not following the Constitution of 1824.
What is the Centralist Party?
This was the slogan on the flag flown at the Battle of Gonzales
What is "Come and Take It"?
Having to do with the courts of law or the justice system; interprets the law
What is the judicial branch?
Leader of the Mexican government after Mexico freed itself from Spain
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
An attempt by two brothers to create an independent colony out of land they had been granted by the Mexican government.
What is the Freedonian Rebellion?
This person was the Mexican commander at Anahuac when skirmishes broke out, largely due to his actions.
Who is John Davis Blackburn?
These were the two parties that were against each other at the Consultation of 1835.
What are the War Party and Peace Party?
What is to repeal?
Granted land near Nacogdoches by the Mexican government. One of two brothers that started the Fredonian Rebellion.
Who is Haden Edwards?
A document created by the Mexican government to assess the level of Anglo-American influence in Texas.
What is the Mier y Teran Report?
This small battle was after peace at Anahuac, and directly led to the Conventions of 1832 and 1833
What is the Clash at Velasco?
This battle took place because Texas soldiers thought that Mexican soldiers were carrying silver to San Antonio.
What is the Grass Fight?
A tax placed on a good coming into a country
What is a customs duty?
Chosen to lead the Texas troops when SFA went to the US to recruit volunteers.
Who is Edward Burleson?
This event happened because of a letter written to Texan leaders in San Antonio from Mexico City. This event helped to increase tensions between Mexico and Texas.
What is the arrest of Stephen F. Austin?
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
This person is believed to have written the Texas Declaration of Independence. He was a volunteer from Tennessee
Who is George C. Childress?
Local groups formed to share political and military information with other communities
What are committees of correspondence?
What is Gonzales?
This was written in response to the Mier y Teran Report. It was to restrict and halt immigration to Texas from the US.
What is the Law of April 6, 1830?
This meeting of delegates from Texas prepared a constitution for the proposed new state, and planned to deliver it to Mexico
What is the Convention of 1833?
He was selected as the president of the Texas ad interim government during the revolution.
Who is David G. Burnet?