On April 21. 1835. after many difficulties with the ruling authorities in Mexico. the Legislature of the State of Coahuila and Texas was dispersed by order of Santa Anna. who was then the military dictator of Mexico. In September. General Cos threatened to drive out of Texas all Americans who had settled there since 1830. and he landed at Matagorda with a force to overrun the country. The committee of safety met at San Felipe. and Stephen F. Austin. the son of Moses Austin. who was an immigrant from the State of Missouri. but who was born in New England. was chairman. He advised the people that war was their only recourse. Here It must be set down that the Texans were not in rebellion.
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