FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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to buy cheap land
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to bring new religions to the Native Americans
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to get away from a corrupt US government
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to improve trade relationships with Mexico
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Detailed explanation-1: -An empresario who sought to colonize Texas with Anglo-Americans. Why did Moses Austin want to colonize Texas? He wanted to pay off his personal debts.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Austin’s primary intention was to create a trading venture on the coast of Texas to allow the United States to trade with New Spain. On December 23, 1820, Austin arrived in San Antonio to begin negotiations with the Spanish government to establish a trading post.
Detailed explanation-4: -Americans to Texas, 1820-1845 As early as 1803, Americans settled there. After the Mexican Revolution of 1824, the Mexican government needed settlers to protect it from foreign invasion, and they offered liberal land grants to anyone who would become citizens, accept the Catholic faith, and settle there.
Detailed explanation-5: -The most immediate cause of the Texas Revolution was the refusal of many Texas, both Anglo and Mexican, to accept the governmental changes mandated by “Siete Leyes” which placed almost total power in the hands of the Mexican national government and Santa Anna.