San Jacinto Massacre

In April 6, 1830, a law was set and it said that it stop immigration from the U.S., it ended contracts with empresario, and place taxes on foreign goods. This was outrageous. Plus we couldn’t have slaves, oh man this made me mad. My family lived in the U.S and they can’t even move here to be with my husband and I. Stephen F. Austin, an empresario and is father of Texas, was put to jail because they believed that his letters were an act of rebellion. He was put in jail for one and a half years, for writing a letter. This made my husband and I furious, in the end there was going to be a rebellion anyways. My husband’s friend went to Gonzales and fought there. In the battle, the Mexicans only wanted the cannon, but we said to them, “come and
My husband and I were part of the Runaway Scrapes. After we heard about Santa Anna’s army coming here, we moved eastwards and I got to help burn my town down. I was a little sad, but I was mostly joyful because I got to burn this annoying neighbor home. My friend and I were around in San Jacinto when the battle of San Jacinto happened. I was so scared when I heard gunshots. My friend and I walk there when it was down and we got to meet Santa Anna. Don’t tell anyone but I kicked Santa Anna in the leg. I talked to one of the soldiers and he told me that they surprised them and defeated the Mexicans. So far we are victorious in this war and Mexico can’t do anything about it. I stayed in San Jacinto until Santa Anna signed our Treaty of Velasco. The treaty said that Texas was a free country, the Mexican army needed to leave our land, prisoners would be exchanged, and Santa Anna would go back to Mexico. One of my friends told me he signed another treaty in private. I believed it said that, the border was the Rio Grande River and Santa Anna would tell the Mexican leader that Texas was it own country. After a long war with Mexico, we are now celebrating Texas 3rd year of being it’s own