Cause: Hundreds of families feared that the Mexican army would move in and harm them. Effect: Homes and land were burned and plumaged by Mexican troops. Texas families fled east to escape them. Causes: Texas troops trained under Sam Houston.

• Convention, Washington-On-Brazos, 1836. “Many a Cause, Many a Conflict: The Texas Revolution”
• The Expansionist History of the United States.
• The Special Circumstances of Post-Revolutionary Mexico.
• Racism.
• Cultural Differences.
• Governmental Differences.
• Slavery.
• The Physical Isolation of Texas.

Texas formally declared independence in March of 1836; there were many reasons why they did so.

• The Settlers Were Culturally American, Not Mexican.
• The Issue of Enslaved Workers.
• The Abolishment of the 1824 Constitution.
• Chaos in Mexico City.
• Economic Ties With the US.
• Texas Was Part of the State of Coahuila y Texas.

Texas Revolution timeline

• Battle of Goliad. October 9,1835.
• First shots of revolution are fired. October 2,1835.
• Texans lose the battle of the alamo. March 6,1836.
• Texans declare independence from Mexico. March 1,1836.
• Texans win battle of San Jacinto and their independence. April 21,1836.

As political unrest increased with rebellions in different states the Mexicans demanded the return of the small cannon. The Texan colonists refused and the Battle of Gonzales commenced that resulted in the death of one Mexican soldier and the start of the Texas Revolution.

On October 2, 1835, the growing tensions between Mexico and Texas erupt into violence when Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, sparking the Texan war for independence.

Texas Revolution, also called War of Texas Independence, war fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas’s independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas (1836–45).

What events triggered the Texas War for Independence? How did the war end? Causes: opposition to Mexican laws prohibiting American immigration and the importation of slaves, and the desire by Americans for the same political rights they had enjoyed in the U.S.; Result: Texas gained independence.

The Fight for Texas Independence

• October 2, 1835 – Battle of Gonzales.
• December 5, 1835 – Siege of Bexar.
• Feb. 23, 1836 – Battle of the Alamo begins.
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• March 2, 1836 – Convention of 1836.
• March 6, 1836 – Fall of the Alamo.
• March 27, 1836 – Goliad Massacre.
• April 21, 1836 – Battle of San Jacinto.

The revolution began in October 1835, after a decade of political and cultural clashes between the Mexican government and the increasingly large population of American settlers in Texas. Determined to avenge Mexico’s honor, Santa Anna vowed to personally retake Texas.

On October 2, 1835, the growing tensions between Mexico and Texas erupt into violence when Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, sparking the Texan war for independence. Texas—or Tejas as the Mexicans called it—had been a part of the Spanish empire since the 17th century.

When the tensions ignited in the Battle of Gonzales, sparked by Anglo colonists’ refusal to cede a cannon to Mexican troops, Santa Anna sent a garrison under General Martín Perfecto de Cos to San Antonio. They seized the town and fortified the Alamo.

March 2 – Texas Declaration of Independence is adopted at Washington-on-the-Brazos.

An 1892 print depicting the surrender of Santa Anna after the Battle of San Jacinto , which marked the end of the Texas Revolution.

Causes of the Revolution. The Texas Revolution started in October 1835 as a result of cultural and political disagreements between the large population of settlers from America and the Mexican government.

The Texas Revolution started in October 1835 as a result of cultural and political disagreements between the large population of settlers from America and the Mexican government.