HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Politics Of Mexico, Juan Davis Bradburn, Domingo Ugartechea
8 Oct 2016
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Stood firmly in favor of the autocratic rule of the centralist anastasio. Encounters hostility when attempting to establish custom law. All ships leaving the area had to pay duties. Texas colonists still don"t pay duties and taxes. Commander bradburn added slaves to garrison to ensure their freedom. Travis plays bluff by stating that a force of men were on their way from louisiana. Bradburn doesn"t fall for it and arrests travis and jack without trial. Anglos angry at arrest and march to anahuac. Colonists at turtle bayou draw up resolutions because they heard that the federal faction under santa anna was beating centralists (the gov"t) Agrees to release travis and jack because he doesn"t want the rebellion to spread. This will be seen as a texan (colonist) victory and leads to overconfidence. John austin goes to brazoria to secure a cannon. Traveled by boat back to anahuac but is stopped at velasco (mouth of.
