San Jacinto Museum of History
San Jacinto Museum: Revolution: Timeline of Events
Presents a six-year timeline from April, 1830, when the Mexican government outlawed emigration of American settlers into Texas to the April, 1836, the Battle of Jacinto. Links to websites for additional information.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Jose Manuel Rafael Simeon De Mier Y Teran
Read about General Teran, a Mexican general who fought for Mexican independence in the Mexican and Texan revolutions.
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Texas Navy Association: Ships of the First Texas Navy 1836 [Pdf]
This complete list of the ships of the First Texas Navy includes the Vessel names, commander names, the dates they were in commission, and other factual data about each.
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Texas Navy Association: Uniforms and Rank of the Texas Navy [Pdf]
A collection of photographs of Texas Naval Officers in their period uniforms.
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Texas State Historical Association: The Law of April 6, 1830 [Pdf]
A reprinting of The Law of April 6, 1830 which was to counter concerns that Mexican Texas, part of the border state of Coahuila y Texas, was in danger of being annexed by the United States.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: The Law of April 6, 1830
Read this short overview of The Law of April 6, 1830 which was to counter concerns that Mexican Texas, part of the border state of Coahuila y Texas, was in danger of being annexed by the United States.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Turtle Bayou Resolutions
A brief overview of the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, which played a role in the secession of Texas from Mexico and the creation of the Republic of Texas.
Texas A&M University
Sons of De Witt Colony Texas: Bustamante's Decree of 1830
As part of the Law of April 6, 1830, read this reprinting of the Bustamante's Decree, which explicitly banned any further immigration from the United States to Texas.
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Texas Independence: Timeline of Independence [Pdf]
Beginning with 1821, take a chronological walk through the Texas' road to Independence ending in 1848 with the annexation of Texas by the United States.
Texas A&M University
Sons of Dewitt Colony Texas: Battle of San Jacinto
Extensive website from the Sons of Dewitt Colony Texas provides first hand accounts of the Battle of San Jacinto, and the eventual surrender of Santa Anna. Site complimented by battlefield map and the reports of the opposing commanders.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Fredonian Rebellion
Read about the Fredonian Rebellion of 1826, the first attempt by Anglo settlers in Texas to secede from Mexico.
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Texas Heritage Society: The Fredonian Declaration of Independence
A reprinting of a document which served as both a Declaration of Independence as well as a treaty commemorating the agreement to divide Texas.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas Treasures: Thomas Rusk
Thomas Rusk's Oath of Citizenship, Report from San Jacinto, and Letter on the 1850 Boundary Compromise are found here. You will see a picture of the original document, and a typed translation.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission:battle of Coleto and Goliad Massacre
This is a fascinating, first-hand account of the Goliad Massacre, written by an American survivor.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Lorenzo De Zavala
Read this short biography of Lorenzo de Zavala, complete with links to primary documents involving the 19th-century Mexican politician.
TexasHistory.com
Texas history.com: Presidio La Bahia
Presidio La Bahia is a restored Spanish fort in Goliad, Texas, and an important site in the Texas Revolution. This is where a mass execution took place in 1836 under the command of the Mexican General Jose Urrea.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Lone Star Republic
Why did Mexico encourage settlement of Americans in Texas? Why did the Americans chafe under Mexican rule? Find out how this led to the Texas Revolution and the declaration of Texas as an independent country.
San Jacinto Museum of History
San Jacinto Museum: Commanders in the Field: Samuel Houston
This is a brief biography of Sam Houston from the San Jacinto Museum. His roots in Tennessee, his actions in the Texas Revolution, and his later political life are detailed.
PBS
New Perspectives on the West: Juan Seguin
Juan Seguin, a Mexican American Tejano who helped lead the Texas revolution and independence survived the Alamo but was then exiled from the new state, a victim of prejudice.
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Our Georgia History: James Walker Fannin
"Our Georgia History," presents a biography on James Walker Fannin. Includes background information and discusses his involvement in the Texas Revolution.
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Austin Community College District: Convention, Washington on Brazos
A detailed description of the Convention of 1836, a meeting of elected delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas shortly after the Texas Revolution began.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Colonization in Texas: Upper and Lower South
Discusses the groups of people who settled in Texas in the mid-1800s.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Anglo American Colonization in Texas: Agriculture
Outlines the agricultural differences between the Upper and Lower South of Texas prior to the Civil War.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: List of Wounded During the Storm of Bexar, December 1835
View an original spreadsheet denoting casualties and their status after the storming of a Mexican fort at Bexar (now San Antonio), Texas on December 5-10, 1835. Click the link to read a history of the event.