Santa Ana Quotes



Austin was jailed for sedition in Mexico but still fought for rights for Texans. General Antonio Lopez Santa Ana loosened land laws gong easy terms to Americans, made English an official language, introduced trial be jury and other reforms. Austin wrote from prison:. Austin received amnesty but within weeks, his reaction to Santa Ana's excesses in putting down the Zacatecas Rebellion with rape and pillage and killing more that a thousand civilians. Austin became an independista.