Answer:
The answer is C): the arrest of William Travis and Patrick Jack.
Explanation:
The arrest of William Travis (a local Texan lawyer) and Patrick Jack (ringleader of local Texan militias that attacked the Mexican military) sparked the conflict between Texans and Mexican troops at Anahuac.
A Mexican military officer named Juan Davis Bradburn (formerly an American) was appointed to command a newly created garrison post that became known as Anahuac.
Tensions started growing between Bradburn (officer who represented the Mexican government) and the Texans (local Mexican Texans, and immigrants from the United States and Europe) because the Mexican government imposed laws that forbade slavery, and Bradburn gave asylum and protected three male slaves who had escaped from slavery in Louisiana.
After granting asylum to the three slaves, Bradburn received a letter which informed him that a hundred local armed Texans planned to come from Louisiana and get the slaves back to their owner.
When Bradburn realized the letter was false and only meant to threaten him, he ordered for the arrest of William Barret Travis, a local lawyer whom the owner of the slaves hired to get the slaves returned to Louisiana.
Many Texan citizens, who were not familiar with Mexican laws, became angry on hearing that Bradburn arrested William Travis without charges and any warrant.
Patrick Jack, who was one of the leaders of the local Texan militias, threatened Bradburn over the arrest of William Travis, and was later arrested by Bradburn.
Texan settlers in many Texan communities became angry because Bradburn took statements from witnesses without allowing the legal representative of Patrick Jack and William Travis to speak with the witnesses.
Patrick Jack’s brother got involved and organized a local Texan men from Brazoria and other villages, to Anahuac. This sparked the conflict at Anahuac, and ensuing battle between Texans and Mexican troops.
