USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Political instability, food insecurity, lack of economic opportunity, and violence are push factors that motivate migrants to pursue a new life in another country.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thousands of Americans, primarily from slave states, flocked to Texas and quickly came to outnumber the Tejanos, the Mexican residents of the region. The soil and climate offered good opportunities to expand slavery and the cotton kingdom. Land was plentiful and offered at generous terms.

Detailed explanation-3: -Their greatest source of discontent, though, was the Mexican government’s 1829 abolition of slavery. Most American settlers were from southern states, and many had brought slaves with them. Mexico tried to accommodate them by maintaining the fiction that the slaves were indentured servants.

Detailed explanation-4: -What were some of the causes of Texas’s efforts to break away from Mexico? Texans desired bilingual education. Anglo settlers saw themselves as part of American westward expansion rather than as Mexican citizens. Texans resented Mexico’s restrictions on civil liberties.