FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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Only non-Catholics were allowed to move to Texas.
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Must be catholic to immigrate
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Settlers had to learn to speak Spanish before they could move to Texas.
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Foreigners, such as settlers from the United States, were invited to immigrate to Texas. This helped boost the population of Texas.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The State Colonization Law of 1825 incentivized people to move to both Texas and a nearby state within Mexico. The incentive was extremely small fees for large portions of land, in some instances up to thousands of acres.
Detailed explanation-2: -On August 18, 1824, the Mexican government passed a new national colonization law. This law allowed foreigners to settle on any vacant public land in Mexico, but restricted foreigners from settling within twenty leagues of the border with another country and within ten leagues of the coast.
Detailed explanation-3: -In effect, the national law surrendered to the states authority to set up regulations to dispose of unappropriated lands within their limits for colonization, subject to prescribed limitations.
Detailed explanation-4: -On August 18, 1824, the new Mexican government passed the General Colonization Law. This statute allowed foreigners to gain title to land that was not within 20 leagues of the border of another country or within 10 leagues of the coast. Settlers would be exempt from taxes for ten years.