Question

1. In 1821, what was the problem Mexican leaders had with Texas? How did they deal with it?

2. Why did the Mexican government worry about the loyalty of the new settlers?
3. Who became leader of the Mexican Government in 1833?
4. Why were Stephen Austin and other Texans unhappy with the new president?
5. Why did the Mexican army set out for Texas?
6. Which country supplied most of the soldiers who were at the Alamo? Why did this anger
Santa Anna?

Answer 1

Slavery was against Mexican law, but Americans brought slaves to Texas. Many American settlers and Tejanos, or Mexicans who lived in Texas, wanted to break away from Mexico. ... The Tejanos and Texans decided to fight for independence. In 1836, Santa Anna took an army to San Antonio to take a fort called the Alamo.