FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Large farms on huge plots of land
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small ranches
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missions
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small farms
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Detailed explanation-1: -Anglo-Americans were drawn by inexpensive land and believed annexation of Texas to the United States was likely and would improve the market for the land. Some settlers were fleeing debts and sought refuge in the Mexican colony, where they were safe from American creditors.
Detailed explanation-2: -The newly passed Law of April 6, 1830, prohibited the entrance of Anglo-Americans into Texas unless they had a passport to Austin’s or DeWitt’s colony.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Anglo-Americans were people who moved from the United States to Texas. They spoke English. Their parents or ancestors had come from northern Europe to America. Most of the Anglo-Americans did not come to Texas in large groups.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Anglo-Americans were attracted to the inexpensive land offered in Texas. Another reason Anglo-American settlers came to Texas through the 1820s was that most believed that the United States would buy eastern Texas from Mexico.