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Texas Revolution Unit Tensions Leading to Revolution Battles of Texas Revolution Texas Independence from

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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!