Talk:Battle of San Jacinto/Henderson, A Glorious Defeat

Chapter 3, The Problem of Texas, pp. 49-74
pp. 49-51 - Estimated 3,000 Anglo-American miscreant element in Texas prior to the General Colonization law; Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819 ratified by Spain, but not by Mexico until 1834; Fredonian Rebellion in Nacogdoches.

p. 51 - Ambassador Joel Roberts Poinsett offered Mexico $1 million for territory bounded by the Rio Grande and $500,000 for territory bounded by the Colorado River.

pp. 51 - 52 - Manuel de Mier y Terán heads the Texas Boundary Commission, left Mexico Nov 10, 1827; included José María Sánchez y Tapía as cartographer and Jean-Louis Berlandier as botanist, zoologist and etc. Besides marking the boundaries, the commission was to make a full detailed report on the populations and its environs.

p. 53 - Commission disliked Tejanos, claiming they spoke bad Spanish and were ignorant; population of Bexar was 1,425; Tejanos were almost entirely in Nacogdoches, Bexar and Goliad.

pp. 53-54 - Due to remoteness of their location, Tejanos developed as a separate self-sufficient culture and were federalists.

p. 54 - Except for the Cherokee, the commission disliked and distrusted Indians.

pp. 54-55 - Mixed reviews on Anglos. Teran personally liked Austin, but felt he was a threat. Sanchez felt Mexico was too lax because Austin was well-liked in Mexico City.

pp. 55-56 - Teran believes the site of Austin's colony was chosen specifically because of its proximity to the United States, and, therefore, for the economic opportunities that afforded to both the colonists and the United States.

pp. 56 - 58 - Colonist complaints about the Mexican government: does nothing to help the economy of the colonies; no trial by jury; making it a part of Coahuilla puts the capital in far-off Saltillo.

pp. 58 - 59 - The commission splits up. Teran and Sanchez go to Nacogdoches. Everyone else to San Antonio. Teran becomes ill.

pp. 59 - 61 - The commission believes Texas will eventually break away. Teran recommends Mexico encourage more immigrants from Mexico and Europe.

p. 61 - ...he who consents to or does not oppose the loss of Texas is an execrable traitor who ought to be punished with every kind of death. - Teran; Sanchez believes Mexico will turn a blind eye on the United States taking Texas, due to sycophants in the Mexico government who serve only their own interests.

p. 62 - Reforms of Mexican president Vicente Guerrero influenced by Lorenzo de Zavala

p. 63 - Battle of Tampico elevated Santa Anna to hero status

p. 64 - Guerrero outlawed slavery in Mexico; Guerrero is deposed

p. 65 - Demographics of the Mexican army

pp. 65 - 66 - Local militias in each state; Zacatecas 17,000 men; Yucatan similar

pp, 66-68 - Mexico had two loans with British commercial houses; defaulted on loans in 1827; cities in decay, disease, squalor, corruption; Mexican government under Bustamante.

pp. 68-72 - Law of April 6, 1830 passed in response to the boundary commission report; banned foreigners entering Mexico except with valid Mexican passports; officials to recruit Mexican citizens as colonists; criminals to be put to work on infrastructure projects; prohibited import of slaves; no more colonists from the United States;
 * In order to recruit Mexican colonists, governors of the states to send soldiers to serve under the command of Teran; Francisco Garcia of Zacatecas refused to comply

p. 73 - Santa Anna leads a rebellion to oust Bustamante

pp. 73 -4 Teran believes all is hopeless and commits suicide.