THE TEXAS REVOLUTION

APRIL 6 1830

• The Mexican government banned all American immigration to Texas
• The government was concerned about the Americans having too much influence on the Texans
• But that did not stop the Americans, and by 1836 there were around 35,000 Americans living there.

THE TEXAS REVOLUTION

1833

1833

• The Mexican government rejects the Texas constitution
• Texans were unhappy with the Mexican laws
• They wrote a list of changes they wanted made, but it was rejected
• So they wrote their own constitution.

OCT 2 1835

• The first shots of the revolution are fired
• Mexican soldiers were sent to Gonzales Texas
• They had a canon that was meant to scare away Native Americans
• The Texans wouldn't let them over the border
• The Texans fired at the Mexican soldiers.

MARCH 1836

• The Texans declare their independence from Mexico
• At a convention in 1836, the Texans wrote a Declaration of Independence
• They also wrote the constitution of the Republic Of Texas
• Sam Houston was named the commander of the Texas military

MARCH 6 1836

• The Texans lose the battle of the Alamo
• After a 13 day attack on the Alamo mission, Mexican soldiers killed all 189 Texans trying to defend it

MAY 14 1836

• The treaties of Velasco are signed, officially giving Texas it's independence
• General Santa Anna and the Republic of Texas sign the Velasco treaties, ending the revolution
• The Mexican government said that Santa Anna had no right to sign the treaties
• The Mexican government never actually ended up agreeing to them.

OCT 22 1836

• The president of the Republic of Texas is named
• Sam Houston of Virginia becomes the first president of Texas
• after it had won its independence from Mexico
• He later became the governor of Texas, after it had become part of the U.S.A.

DEC 29 1845

• Texas becomes part of the United States
• The U.S.A adds Texas as it's 28th state
• Texas is the only U.S.A state that was its own nation before becoming part of the U.S.A.

APRIL 25 1846

• The Mexican-American war begins
• Mexican oldies attack the U.S troops in between Rio Grande and Nueces river
• Both countries had been fighting over ownership of the river at that time
• That's what started the Mexican-American war
• The war ended n Mexico's defeat and America's Gaining 500,000 acres of Mexican land.

FEBRUARY 2 1848

• The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican-American war
• After America defeated Mexico, Mexico officially recognizes that Texas is free from their rule
• And that Texas is a part of the U.S.A.