Fredonian Rebellion - The first attempt by Anglo settlers to make Texas independent, led by Haden Edwards in the Nacogdoches area (1826-1827)., Haden Edwards - The empresario who led the Fredonian Rebellion and was the first to challenge Mexican rule through an armed uprising., Mier y Terán Report - A 1829 Mexican government report that concluded the US influence in Texas was too high (10 to 1) and recommended stronger measures to secure the territory., Law of April 6, 1830 - A major Mexican legislation passed to stop immigration, banned slaver, and put taxes on American goods from the United States and increase Mexican control over Texas., Custom Duties (Tariffs) - Taxes placed on goods imported from the United States, raising prices and creating economic discontent among Texas colonists., Centralist Government - A form of government where power is concentrated in the national (central) government, which Texans generally opposed., Federalist Government - A form of government where power is shared between the national and state governments, which Texans initially supported., Turtle Bayou Resolutions: Statements - made by Texans in 1832 declaring they were not rebelling against Mexico, but were supporting the Federalist, Santa Anna., Mexican Constitution of 1824 - The founding document of the Mexican Republic that established a Federalist government, which Texans demanded be restored after Santa Anna changed the system., William B. Travis - The colonist whose arrest by a Mexican commander in Anahuac, often in relation to enforcing the 1830 Law, was a direct spark for conflict leading up to the Resolutions., Battle of Velasco - A 1832 violent clash where Texas colonists fought Mexican forces over a cannon, resulting in the surrender of the Mexican troops., Arrest of Stephen F. Austin - The 1834 imprisonment of Austin in Mexico City after his intercepted letter was deemed an act of treason, convincing many Texans that compromise was impossible. Was considered the last straw., Empresario - A person who was granted land contracts by the Mexican government to recruit and settle families in Texas., Coahuila y Tejas - The combined Mexican state that Texas belonged to under the 1824 Constitution, which Texans sought to separate from to gain independent statehood., Antonio López de Santa Anna - The Mexican leader initially supported by Texans but whose shift to a Centralist dictatorship became the primary justification for the Texas Revolution., Convention of 1832 - The first political meeting held by Texas colonists at San Felipe de Austin to draft a list of grievances and proposed reforms to send to the Mexican government., Convention of 1833 - The second, more assertive meeting of Texan delegates that formally drafted a state constitution and sent Stephen F. Austin to Mexico City to advocate for independent statehood for Texas., San Felipe de Austin - The location of both the 1832 and 1833 Conventions; it was the political and administrative center of Austin's colony.,

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