J. Miguel Falcon
Reasons for separating Coahuila y Tejas
Stephen F. Austin
December 1834
Mexico City
Coahuila y Tejas
Treason
October 1833
Austin encouraged San Antonio
Letter of Arrest
to join other town councils to organize a local government independent of Coahuila.
Secretary of State for Coahuila y Tejas and who ordered the arrest of Stephen F. Austin.
An 1823 empresario who worked diligently with the Mexican government to protect the rights of the colonists.
Signaled the end of Stephen F. Austin's days as a trusted diplomat to the Mexican government.
The place where Austin was imprisoned.
Actions of Stephen F. Austin and his letter to the mayor of San Antonio, as seen by the Mexican Government.
The combination of Mexican states of Texas and Coahuila, which the U.S. settlers did not like.
Austin sent a letter to encourage town councils to form their local government and was imprisoned a few days later when the letter was found by Mexican soldiers.
The states had different interests and Texas was often ignored due to the larger, better represented Coahuila, the state capital was too far from most U.S. settlers colonies and their needs were not being met.
Austin was released from prison in Mexico City and allowed to return to Texas.
