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Mexican general investigates Texans' restiveness
On this day in 1832, Mexican general José Antonio Mexía sailed from
Tampico with 300 troops to suppress an apparent rebellion. The first of
the Anahuac Disturbances, a rebellious incident, had brought suspicion on
the Anglo colonists. Mexía anchored at Matamoros on June 26 and proceeded
to Texas with Stephen F. Austin. At the mouth of the Brazos, now with 400
troops, he found the Texans eager to interpret their recent actions as an
assertion of federalism, as opposed to centralism, rather than as a
rebellion against Mexican rule. Mexía was well received at Brazoria and
learned from the citizens the reasons for the Anahuac Disturbances and the
battle of Velasco. The colonists' Turtle Bayou Resolutions reassured him
that they were loyal supporters of the Federalist party, and he returned
to Tampico on July 28.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- MEXIA'S EXPEDITION
- MEXIA, JOSE ANTONIO
- ANAHUAC DISTURBANCES
- TURTLE BAYOU RESOLUTIONS
- VELASCO, BATTLE OF
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