the Old Stone Fort

Haden Edwards (August 12, 1771 – August 14, 1849) was a Texas settler. In 1825, Edwards received a land grant from the Mexican government, allowing him to settle families in East Texas. His grant included the city of Nacogdoches, and Edwards soon angered many of the previous settlers.

In 1825 the Mexican government gave a vast tract of land in east Texas to an Empresario named Haden Edwards, a wealthy land speculator. This land grant allowed Edwards to settle 800 families in the Nacogdoches area.

The Fredonian Rebellion was a dispute between the Mexican government and the Edwards brothers, Haden and Benjamin. Haden Edwards received his empresarial grant on April 14, 1825.

In his report on the commission, Mier y Teran recommended that measures should be taken to stop the United States from getting Texas. His suggestions for Texas included more military bases surrounding the settlements, closer trade ties with Mexico, and the encouragement of more Mexican and European settlers.

In his report on the commission, Mier y Terán recommended that strong measures be taken to stop the United States from acquiring Texas. His suggestions were incorporated into the Law of April 6, 1830, which also called for the prohibition of slavery and closed the borders of Texas to Americans.

In summary, Mier y Terán’s report concluded the following: Mexican influence in Texas had dwindled. American influence, especially in East Texas, had increased dramatically. American settlers outnumbered Mexican citizens, 10 to 1.

More Mexican Troops Mier y Terán had recommended sending more troops to Texas. As a result, Mexico sent more soldiers to San Antonio, Nacogdoches, and Goliad. The government also set up new garrisons military posts—at five other points in Texas, including Anahuac and Velasco.

The law specifically banned any additional American colonists from settling in Mexican Territory (which included both California and Texas, along with the areas that would become Arizona, parts of Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.) It also outlawed slavery in Texas.

The Declaration of November 7, 1835, passed by the Consultation announced that the Texan war against Mexico principally intended to restore the Mexican Constitution of 1824, abrogated by the actions of President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and to achieve separate Mexican statehood for Texas.

This conflict, known as the Fredonian rebellion, occurred near nacogdoches in 1826. To many Mexican nationalist leaders , this conflict confirmed their fears that Texas settlers were trying to take over Texas. Leaders formed the Fredonian republic and claimed that the area was no longer under Mexican control.

General Manuel de Mier y Terán

The Mexican Government wanted the the Mexican people to move to Texas but just few came. Then the mexican government encourage the Americans to settle in Texas in order to promote trade and development. Texas was over populated with americans the disagree over Texas having to pay Mexico a tax.

An uprising near Nacogdoches in 1826 foreshadowed the Texas Revolution years before Sam Houston’s army defeated Mexico’s forces.

The Fredonian Rebellion (December 21, 1826-January 31st, 1827) was caused by a will of Anglo settlers of Texas to alienate from its Mexican part as new immigrants were moving into their land.

On November 22, 1826, the rebellion began with a group of thirty-six men who arrested the local authorities, and took over the Old Stone Fort in Nacogdoches to use as a headquarters. The Old Stone Fort was built in 1779 to serve as a mercantile house, but had served various other purposes since its construction.

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