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Texas Revolution Unit
Tensions Leading to Revolution
Battles of Texas Revolution
Texas Independence from Mexico
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Vocabulary
• Covered– Tariff
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Vocabulary
• Covered– Tariff
• To Learn– Abolish– Proclamation– Oppression– Dictator
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Vocabulary
• Covered– Tariff
• To Learn– Abolish: to end or get rid of– Proclamation– Oppression– Dictator
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Vocabulary
• Covered– Tariff
• To Learn– Abolish: to end or get rid of– Proclamation: an official statement– Oppression– Dictator
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Vocabulary
• Covered– Tariff
• To Learn– Abolish: to end or get rid of– Proclamation: an official statement– Oppression: a feeling of being heavily
weighed down in mind or body– Dictator
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Vocabulary
• Covered– Tariff
• To Learn– Abolish: to end or get rid of– Proclamation: an official statement– Oppression: a feeling of being heavily
weighed down in mind or body– Dictator: a person with absolute power
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Review what we’ve learned..
• What was the Law of April 6, 1830?
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Stephen F. Austin
• What kind of leader was he?
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Stephen F. Austin
• What kind of leader was he?
• Very patient and neutral– Wanted a good relationship with Mexico
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Stephen F. Austin
• What kind of leader was he?
• Very patient and neutral– Wanted a good relationship with Mexico
• Do you think most Texans were like this?
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General Antonio Lopez de Santa
Anna
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Santa Anna
• Became Mexico’s president in 1833
• Dissolved congress
• Made Mexico a centralized government
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The Constitution
of 1824
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Austin Goes to Mexico City to Sort Things Out
• Austin & Texans had discussed the things they wanted– Allowing immigration from the US again
• Austin was selected to go to Mexico City to present the Texans’ ideas– Why was Austin selected?
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Austin was successful!
• Mexico agreed to repeal immigration ban
While Austin was travelling home…
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Austin was arrested!
• Arrested by Mexican officials (December 1833)
• Brought back to Mexico City
• Said he was a suspect in trying to start a revolution in Texas
• Kept in a Mexican prison for almost a year
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Austin was freed!
• Arrested in December 1833
• Freed in December 1834– Wasn’t allowed to leave Mexico City
• August 1835– Finally allowed to go home
• He was gone for over 2 years!
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What do you think Texas was like when Austin got home?
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How do you think Austin felt when he got home?
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Texans showed support for the Mexican Constitution of 1824
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More tension
• Remember how Santa Anna had changed the government?– 1835: abolished states’ rights and centralized
power in Mexico City– Santa Anna was a dictator– Texas wasn’t the only state that was upset
• Also made people angry in Zacatecas, California, and Yucatan
• Why those places?
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Battle of Gonzales
• First battle of the Texas Revolution (October 1835)
• Mexico had given Gonzales a small cannon– They were often fighting with Comanches and
Apaches
• Mexico was mad, so they wanted it back
• Texans said…
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Battle of Gonzales
October 1835
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Battle of Gonzales
• Mexicans crossed the Guadalupe River
• Texans attacked
• Mexicans withdrew
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Sam Houston
• Chief of the Rebel Texas Army
• December 1835 (Austin had just returned home from Mexico City after he was jailed)– Issues a proclamation
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•Mexico is oppressing Texans
•Encourages Texans to separate from Mexico
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Battle of the Alamo
• Santa Anna & his army arrived in Texas in February 1836
• First major battle of the Texas Revolution was at the Alamo in San Antonio
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Battle of the Alamo
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Battle of the Alamo
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Battle of the Alamo• There were only 183 Texans guarding the
Alamo.
• The Mexican army had 1,800 men.
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The Battle of the Alamo
• The Texans held the Alamo for 12 days.
• On the 13th day, Santa Anna ordered his men to storm the fortress.
• When it was over, all but five Texans were dead. The men not killed in the battle were executed by Santa Anna.
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Goliad Massacre• Two weeks after the Battle of the Alamo
• Santa Anna ordered that his troops execute 240 Texan prisoners
• Why?
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Remember the Alamo!Remember Goliad!
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Texas Declares Independence
• March 2, 1836 – Texas declares independence at Washington-on-the-Brazos
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Texas Declares Independence
• George Childress wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence
• What do you think the Texas Declaration of Independence was modeled after?
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Republic of Texas
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Republic of Texas
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How did all Texans feel?
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The Runaway Scrape
• Texans were panicking!
• Many Texans gathered their belongings and fled to the United States
• This is known as the Runaway Scrape
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Texas Constitution
• Adopted on March 16, 1836
• What do you think the Texas constitution was modeled after?
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Battle of San Jacinto• April 1836
• General Sam Houston gathered many different soldiers– Tejanos, American
settlers, volunteers from the United States, and many free and enslaved African Americans
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Battle of San Jacinto
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Battle of San Jacinto
• Sam Houston & troops charged the Mexicans• Over 600 Mexicans killed, 700 taken as
prisoners
• The battle lasted 18 minutes
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Battle of San Jacinto• Santa Anna tried to escape but was
captured
• “El Presidente!”
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Texas wins independence!