Editing Texas Revolution (section)

===Republic of Texas===
[[File:Wpdms republic of texas.svg|thumb|right|alt=The land comprising Mexican Texas, between the Red, Sabine, and Nueces Rivers, is shaded yellow. The land between this boundary and the Rio Grande on the south and the Arkansas River on the north is shaded green and marked as "claimed territory". |The Republic of Texas, including the disputed territory]]
On June 1, 1836, Santa Anna boarded a ship to travel back to Mexico. For the next two days, crowds of Texian soldiers, many of whom had arrived that week from the United States, gathered to demand his execution. Lamar, by now promoted to Secretary of War, gave a speech insisting that "Mobs must not intimidate the government. We want no [[French Revolution]] in Texas!", but on June 4 soldiers seized Santa Anna and put him under military arrest.<ref name=lack104>Lack (1992), p. 104.</ref> According to Lack, "the shock of having its foreign policy overturned by popular rebellion had weakened the interim government irrevocably".<ref name=lackl105>Lack (1992), p. 105.</ref>  A group of soldiers staged an unsuccessful coup in mid-July.<ref name=lack106>Lack (1992), p. 106.</ref>  In response, Burnet called for elections to ratify the constitution and elect a Congress,<ref name=lack107>Lack (1992), p. 107.</ref> the sixth set of leaders for Texas in a 12-month period.<ref name=lack256>Lack (1992), p. 256.</ref>  Voters overwhelmingly chose Houston the first [[President of the Republic of Texas|president]], ratified the constitution drawn up by the Convention of 1836, and approved a resolution to request annexation to the United States.<ref name=davis295>Davis (2006), p. 295.</ref> Houston issued an executive order sending Santa Anna to [[Washington, D.C.]], and from there he was soon sent home.<ref name=davis301>Davis (2006), p. 301.</ref>

During his absence, Santa Anna had been deposed. Upon his arrival, the Mexican press wasted no time in attacking him for his cruelty towards those prisoners executed at Goliad. In May 1837, Santa Anna requested an inquiry into the event.<ref name=vazquez316>Vazquez (1985), p. 316.</ref>  The judge determined the inquiry was only for fact-finding and took no action; press attacks in both Mexico and the United States continued.<ref name=vazquez317>Vazquez (1985), p. 317.</ref>  Santa Anna was disgraced until the following year, when he became a hero of the [[Pastry War]].<ref name=henderson116>Henderson (2008), p. 116.</ref>

The first Texas Legislature declined to ratify the treaty Houston had signed with the Cherokee, declaring he had no authority to make any promises.<ref name=Haley107and108/> Although the Texian interim governments had vowed to eventually compensate citizens for goods that were impressed during the war efforts, for the most part livestock and horses were not returned.<ref name=lack232>Lack (1992), p. 232.</ref>  Veterans were guaranteed land bounties; in 1879, surviving Texian veterans who served more than three months from October 1, 1835, through January 1, 1837, were guaranteed an additional {{convert|1280|acre|ha}} in public lands.<ref name=miller343>Miller (1961), p. 343.</ref>  Over {{convert|1.3|e6acre|e3ha|abbr=unit}} of land were granted; some of this was in [[Greer County, Oklahoma|Greer County]], which was later determined to be part of [[Oklahoma]].<ref name=miller344and6>Miller (1961), pp. 344, 346.</ref>

Republic of Texas policies changed the status of many living in the region. The constitution forbade free blacks from living in Texas permanently. Individual slaves could only be freed by congressional order, and the newly emancipated person would then be forced to leave Texas.<ref name=lackslaves>Lack (1992), pp. 250–251.</ref>  Women also lost significant legal rights under the new constitution, which substituted English common law practices for the traditional Spanish law system. Under common law, the idea of [[community property]] was eliminated, and women no longer had the ability to act for themselves legally – to sign contracts, own property, or sue. Some of these rights were restored in 1845, when Texas added them to the new state constitution.<ref name=stuntz56>Stuntz (2012), p. 56.</ref> During the Republic of Texas years, ''Tejanos'' likewise faced much discrimination.<ref name=hardin250>Hardin (1994), p. 250.</ref>