FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Mexican citizens began to relocate to Texas.
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Anglo settlers began to take advantage of the cheap land being offered by empresarios.
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Spain tried to recolonize Texas by sending over Canary Islanders.
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Mexico gave Texas separate statehood.
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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: -Speculation in Texas lands also angered some colonists. The State Colonization Law of 1825 allowed Mexican citizens to purchase up to 11 leagues of land. In 1830, speculators such as James Bowie began buying these grants from Mexican citizens.
Detailed explanation-3: -The State Colonization Law required that Texas settlers become Catholics and Mexican citizens of good character.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.