Mexican Revolution

The Beginning of The Independence

The road of Texas Independence begins with a celebration of Independence of Mexico. After 11 years of war, Mexico wins its independence from Spain. The problems between the Government and the Anglo-Saxon colonists in Texas began with the promulgation of the centralist constitution of 1835, known as the Seven Laws.

This new legislation promulgated by the President of Mexico Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, was leaving without effect the former federal constitution of 1824.

Causes

The external reasons principally were that Texas decided to become free. Later Texas decided to be part of United States or be annexed. And for that reason Mexico declares the war to United States. Mexico ends up by losing almost the half of his territory according to the " agreement of Guadalupe-Hidalgo". One of the reasons for which the frontier country defeated Mexico was the lack of a good armament, they had very few monetary resources and the persons did not have desire of returning to fight, for what many people were lacking love to the nation.

On December of 1821, Stephen Austin and his settlers arrived by land and sea to San Felipe. The new government of Mexico didn’t recognized the “acuerdo de la Corona Española”. Stephen travel to Mexico City and after 3 years, the Spanish grant was accepted by the Government of the Republic. During the 3 years Austin learned to talk Spanish and he became a really good friend of Jose Antonio Navarro. They bring more settlers to Texas. Every settler should become catholic and Mexicans and they need to change their English names for Hispanic names. Each one would have four thousand acre of land (16km).

After a time United States send Poinsett with a letter of presentation from the secretary of the state Henry Clay. The letter was requesting Iturbide the cession of territory. He did not accept.

Another cause was the Slavery. Most of the Americans who were in Mexico were from southern states, where slavery was still legal. They even brought their slaves with them. Because slavery was illegal in Mexico, these settlers made their slaves sign agreements giving them the status of indentured servants, essentially slavery by another name. By the 1830’s many Americans were afraid that the Mexicans would take their slaves way. This made them favor independence.

The colonization of Texas

In 1830, Mexico was alarm by the amount of illegal immigrants that were crossing the border with United States to settle in their territory. On April 6 was approved the law that cancel the establishment of new colonies or the settlement of existing. With this law started the taxes in that zone and he would give end to the illegal immigration to Texas.

The colonization was between October 2, 1835 and April 21, 1836. The parts in conflict were Mexico and Texas's, belonging province to the State of Coahuila and Texas. The problems between the Mexican Government and the colonists in Texas began with the promulgation of the centralist constitution of 1835, known as the " Seven Laws ". This new legislation promulgated by the President of Mexico Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, was leaving without effect the former federal constitution of 1824. The war began in Texas on October 2, 1835. With the battle of Gonzalez, the Texans forces took The Bay and San Antonio, though a few months later they were defeated.

“Tratados de Velasco”

It was signed in Velasco, Texas on May 14, 1836. Between the Mexican republic and Texas. The ones who signed were the Texan president David G. Burnet and the Mexican president Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Santa Anna was a prisoner of the rebels after the defeat. In the Agreement, which was consisting of a secret part and a public part, Santa Anna in exchange for his liberation and the promise of the fact that the Mexican troops would not attacked them, it was recognizing Texas's independence and was promising not to continue the fight against the new State. In addition the limit was fixed between Texas and Mexico in the Rio Bravo (or Rio Grande).

The Mexican troops moved back but his government refused to rectify the agreement because they took Santa Anna as a prisoner and because of it the agreement did not became legal, with what not even the independence of Texas.

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