Convention of 1832
The Convention of 1832 was the first political gathering of colonists in Mexican Texas. Under the 1824 Constitution of Mexico, Texas was denied independent statehood and merged into the new state Coahuila y Tejas. Tensions erupted in June 1832, when Texas residents systematically expelled all Mexican troops from eastern Texas. The revolution led to the creation of the U.S. state of Texas in 1836.
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The Convention of 1832 was the first political gathering of colonists in Mexican Texas. Delegates sought reforms from the Mexican government and hoped to quell the widespread belief that settlers in Texas wished to secede from Mexico. Under the 1824 Constitution of Mexico, Texas was denied independent statehood and merged into the new state Coahuila y Tejas. Tensions erupted in June 1832, when Texas residents systematically expelled all Mexican troops from eastern Texas. The small Texian rebellion coincided with a revolt by General López de Santa Anna against the centralist government of Anastasio Bustamante. The chaos in the Mexican interior emboldened other Texas settlers to take arms against the government and march on Anahuac. The revolution led to the creation of the U.S. state of Texas in 1836. The Texas Revolution took place between 1836 and 1839 and resulted in the formation of the United States of Texas, which became the first state in the world to be ruled by a directly elected government. The United States and Mexico have been at odds since the early 19th century over the control of Texas by Mexico. The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution in 1832 calling on Mexico to recognize Texas as a state, but Mexico refused.
The resolution was never sent to the Mexican Congress, and Texas residents continued to fight for statehood. The war of 1836-1839 ended with the defeat of the Mexican army and the capture of San Antonio de Béxar, the capital of the state, by the Americans in 1839. The battle for Texas was fought in what is now Texas’ second largest city, San Antonio, which is now known as the city of Laredo. The Battle of the Alamo, which took place in 1841-1842, was one of the bloodiest battles in the history of the Texas Revolution. The death toll from the war in 1831-1832 was at least 2,000, with more than 1,000 people killed and thousands more wounded. The Texian uprising began in 1838 and ended in the Battle of San Jacinto, which claimed the lives of more than 2,500 people, many of whom were killed by the Texians. The first Texas statehood convention was held on October 1, 1832. The convention was called by Stephen F. Austin, a well-respected empresario who had brought the first group of American settlers to Texas. Austin was elected president of the convention and served as its president until his death in 1842. The Convention was held in San Felipe de Austin, Texas.
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