texas revolution timeline

Texas Revolution Timeline

What part of Texas was under dispute?

• The eastern part of Texas

Who was arguing over it?

• Texas and Mexico

Who lived there?

Tejanos- texans of mexican decent, white settlers, enslaved African Americans, Mexicans, and Stephen Austin who sold land to the people

What did he do?

• he became a leader of those who wanted a strong central government, he also enforced laws banning state militias
• he was also the leader of the mexican army
• he chaned sides midway

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• he was a supporter of the rights of mexican states

battle of Gonzales

• date- October 21, 1835
• mexican forces wanted a cannon back that they had lent the tejanos
• it was the first battle of the Texas revolution

Sam Houston

• He was the leader of texas forces
• Him abd his troops retreated to the east and were followed by Santa Anna
• they suprise attacked Santa Anna
• then when they took him hostage they forced him to sign the treaty of Velasco to end the war
• but the mexicans didn't believe the texans that he signed th treaty

The Alamo

• date- February 23, 1836
• The Texans and Tejnos were in the Alamo
• Santa Anna's men demanded that they surrender
• after the Alamo they stopped mexican rule on texas and signed the Texas Declaration of Independence
• They also wrote the constitution for Texas

The Texas Declaration of Independence

• They wrote it on March 2, 1836
• it discontinued Mexican power and made Texas its own nation
• Texas was now known as the Republic of Texas

Runaway Scrape

• it happened march 26, 1836
• Sam Houston retreated to the Colorado river after he heard of the fall of the Alamo

The Battle of San Jacinto

• Date- April 21, 1836
• Sam Houston's army attcked Santa Anna near the present day city of Houston
• The Texans captured Santa Anna
• The Texans won and secured independence from Mexico