Convention of 1832

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The Convention of 1832 was an early political gathering of Anglo-American settlers in Mexican Texas that petitioned the Mexican government for reforms and greater autonomy, foreshadowing the Texas Revolution.

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Convention of 1832 canonical 1
Convention of 1833 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political convention ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Department of Texas ⓘ
category 19th-century political history of Mexico ⓘ
History of Texas ⓘ
Mexican Texas ⓘ
chronologyWithin prelude to the Texas Revolution ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
endDate 1832-10-06 ⓘ
followedBy Convention of 1833 ⓘ
goal obtain repeal of the Law of April 6, 1830 ⓘ
obtain tariff and customs relief for Texas ⓘ
petition the Mexican government for reforms ⓘ
request land for public schools in Texas ⓘ
secure immigration reforms for settlers in Texas ⓘ
seek separate statehood for Texas within the Mexican federation ⓘ
hasEffect foreshadowed the Texas Revolution ⓘ
increased political organization among Anglo settlers in Texas ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
location Mexican Texas ⓘ
San Felipe de Austin ⓘ
mainSubject greater autonomy for Texas within Mexico ⓘ
political reforms in Mexican Texas ⓘ
notableFeature first major political convention of Anglo settlers in Texas ⓘ
informal and extralegal status under Mexican law ⓘ
opposedBy Mexican central government officials ⓘ
Mexican political authorities in Texas ⓘ
organizedBy Anglo-American settlers in Mexican Texas ⓘ
participant Anglo-American delegates from Texas municipalities ⓘ
Branch T. Archer ⓘ
Sam Houston ⓘ
Stephen F. Austin ⓘ
William H. Wharton ⓘ
politicalContext Centralist–federalist tensions in Mexico ⓘ
growing dissatisfaction of Texas settlers with Mexican policies ⓘ
precededBy Anahuac Disturbances of 1832 ⓘ
president William H. Wharton ⓘ
relatedEvent Convention of 1833 ⓘ
Law of April 6, 1830 ⓘ
Texas Revolution ⓘ
result call for resumption of immigration from the United States ⓘ
petitions drafted to the Mexican government ⓘ
proposal for exemption of Texas from certain import duties ⓘ
recommendation to form a militia for local defense ⓘ
secretary Sam Houston ⓘ
startDate 1832-10-01 ⓘ

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San Felipe de Austin → associatedWithEvent → Convention of 1832 ⓘ
San Felipe de Austin → associatedWithEvent → Convention of 1833 ⓘ
linked to: Convention of 1832