Texas Revolution Unit

Tensions Leading to Revolution

Battles of Texas Revolution

Texas Independence from Mexico

Vocabulary

• Covered– Tariff

Vocabulary

• Covered– Tariff

• To Learn– Abolish– Proclamation– Oppression– Dictator

Vocabulary

• Covered– Tariff

• To Learn– Abolish: to end or get rid of– Proclamation– Oppression– Dictator

Vocabulary

• Covered– Tariff

• To Learn– Abolish: to end or get rid of– Proclamation: an official statement– Oppression– Dictator

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

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

Review what we’ve learned..

• What was the Law of April 6, 1830?

Stephen F. Austin

• What kind of leader was he?

Stephen F. Austin

• What kind of leader was he?

• Very patient and neutral– Wanted a good relationship with Mexico

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?

General Antonio Lopez de Santa

Anna

Santa Anna

• Became Mexico’s president in 1833

• Dissolved congress

• Made Mexico a centralized government

The Constitution

of 1824

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?

Austin was successful!

• Mexico agreed to repeal immigration ban

While Austin was travelling home…

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

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!

What do you think Texas was like when Austin got home?

How do you think Austin felt when he got home?

Texans showed support for the Mexican Constitution of 1824

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?

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…

Battle of Gonzales

October 1835

Battle of Gonzales

• Mexicans crossed the Guadalupe River

• Texans attacked

• Mexicans withdrew

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

•Mexico is oppressing Texans

•Encourages Texans to separate from Mexico

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

Battle of the Alamo

Battle of the Alamo

Battle of the Alamo• There were only 183 Texans guarding the

Alamo.

• The Mexican army had 1,800 men.

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.

Goliad Massacre• Two weeks after the Battle of the Alamo

• Santa Anna ordered that his troops execute 240 Texan prisoners

• Why?

Remember the Alamo!Remember Goliad!

Texas Declares Independence

• March 2, 1836 – Texas declares independence at Washington-on-the-Brazos

Texas Declares Independence

• George Childress wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence

• What do you think the Texas Declaration of Independence was modeled after?

Republic of Texas

Republic of Texas

How did all Texans feel?

The Runaway Scrape

• Texans were panicking!

• Many Texans gathered their belongings and fled to the United States

• This is known as the Runaway Scrape

Texas Constitution

• Adopted on March 16, 1836

• What do you think the Texas constitution was modeled after?

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

Battle of San Jacinto

Battle of San Jacinto

• Sam Houston & troops charged the Mexicans• Over 600 Mexicans killed, 700 taken as

prisoners

• The battle lasted 18 minutes

Battle of San Jacinto• Santa Anna tried to escape but was

captured

• “El Presidente!”

Texas wins independence!