Juan N Seguin Research Paper

Barbers Hill Middle School North
Juan N Seguin's story
Reed Spurlock Mrs. Mcdonald 7th grade Reed Spurlock
Barbers Hill Middle School North
Mrs. Mcdonald 7th grade
Juan N Seguin story
“Did you know that Juan N Seguin was a Texas Senator, Mayor, Judge, and Justice of the Peace? Seguin was born in 1806 into a long-established tejano family in San Antonio. After Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821, Stephen Austin a friend of Seguín’s father received Mexican approval to found settlements of English-speaking people in the Mexican territory of Texas. Seguín and his father, convinced that Spanish-Mexican unrest and Mexican governmental interference were contributing to

When he was 19 he married María Gertrudis Flores de Abrego, who came from a leading San Antonio ranching family. Seguín became mayor of San Antonio in 1833. Seguín's father was an ally of Stephen Austin, and Seguín actively opposed increasing centralization of authority by the Mexican government.In 1835, Seguín led a band of other Texans of Mexican ancestry, known as Tejanos, against Mexican troops. Seguín was at the Alamo the following year but had slipped out to seek reinforcements, so he was not killed when the fort fell to. His was the only Tejano unit to fight with Sam Houston at the battle of San Jacinto, which was a decisive Texan victory. Later, Seguín was the only Tejano to serve in the Senate of the Texan Republic. In 1840 he was again elected San Antonio mayor and became embroiled in worsening tensions between Tejanos and English-speaking Texans. In 1842 Seguín helped defeat a Mexican incursion against San Antonio. In an effort to discredit Seguín, the Mexican commander claimed Seguín was a loyal Mexican subject. Opponents also used Seguín's business correspondence with Mexico in attempts to prove his disloyalty.Most remember him as a Texas army captain who opposed the centralist, anti-states-rights policies of Mexican Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna and was dispatched from San Antonio for reinforcements for the Alamo in the days before it fell. Finding none, Seguín organized a company of soldiers that was the only Tejano unit to fight at the Battle of San