Question

1. what was the colonists main purpose in writing the turtle bayou resolutions?

a. to show their disloyalty toward mexico
b. to defend their rights and the constitution
c. to call for a revolution against mexican authorities
d. to criticize texans who are fighting santa anna
--colonist expressing their support for the new
president of mexico, general santa anna

Explanation:

The Turtle Bayou Resolutions were written by Texian colonists in 1832. At that time, they claimed loyalty to the Mexican Constitution of 1824. Santa Anna initially presented himself as a defender of the 1824 Constitution. The colonists used the resolutions to defend their rights as Mexican citizens under that constitution, especially against what they saw as the usurpation of power by those who were moving away from the 1824 constitutional principles (before Santa Anna's true authoritarian nature became fully clear in the context of the Texas Revolution).

Answer:

B. to defend their rights and the constitution