Fredonian Rebellion, 1826–27, in Texas history, a premature attempt to make Texas independent from Mexico. Two Americans, Haden Edwards and his brother, had undertaken to make settlements on a land grant in E Texas around Nacogdoches, where there were already Mexican settlers, American squatters, and Cherokee.
Why did the Fredonian Rebellion take place?
The Fredonian Rebellion was a dispute between the Mexican government and the Edwards brothers, Haden and Benjamin. Haden Edwards received his empresarial grant on April 14, 1825. It entitled him to settle as many as 800 families in a broad area around Nacogdoches in eastern Texas.
How did the Fredonian Rebellion impact Texas?
Instead, the law greatly angered Anglo colonists, and paved the way for the coming Texas Revolution. The legacy of the short-lived Fredonian Rebellion was that it increased tensions between Anglo settlers and the Mexican government.
What happened to the Fredonian Rebellion and Haden Edwards?
After his contract was revoked in 1826, Edwards and his brother declared the colony to be the Republic of Fredonia. He was forced to flee Mexico when the Mexican army arrived to put down the rebellion, and did not return until after the Texas Revolution had broken out.
Why did the Fredonian Rebellion concern Mexico?
Why were Mexican officials concerned about the Fredonian Rebellion? They thought it was an American plot to take Texas. They thought it was an Spanish plot to take Texas. They thought the Edwards brothers weren’t paying taxes.
Who brought 800 families to Texas?
In that 1834 session of the legislature, Robertson was recognized as the empresario of the colony, and he was to introduce the rest of the 800 families into the colony before April 29, 1838.
