USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In 1825, the Mexican legislature passed the State Colonization Law, which had the following impact ____
A
It provided incentives for Anglo colonists to settle in Texas y Coahuila.
B
It provided settlers up to 4, 428 acres of pasture land.
C
It provided settlers with 177 acres of farmland.
D
All of the above impacted the development of Texas.
Explanation: 

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: -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-3: -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-4: -Long. The war had a huge impact on the development of Texas. When Mexico gained independence, they wrote and approved of the Constitution of 1824. The creation of a federal democratic government was the reason many Americans decided to move to Texas as colonists.

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