Filibusters in Texas
A filibuster is someone or a group of people that threatened Spanish rule in Texas

He had permission to enter Texas at first

Began to make maps of the unknown

Was told not to return to but he ignored the warning
and was shot in 1801

June 1819 led a group of people from Mississippi
to Nacogdoches where he declared independence from Spain.

Spanish Troops surrounded them and forced them
to surrender.

James Long was the last major filibuster in Texas.
He was shot by a prison guard in April 8 1822.

Jean Lafitte and other pirates set up base in Galveston

Attacked Spanish Ships

attacked US ships

Followers of Hidalgo and former US soldier

1812 proclaimed independence from Spain

August 18 1813 Spanish forces defeated the Republican army