USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -From the beginning, the American settlers (and many of the Mexican Tejanos as well) wanted full Mexican statehood for Texas, as the state capital was far away and difficult to reach. The Americans outnumbered the Tejanos by as many as four to one.

Detailed explanation-3: -Feeling threatened by the native groups, and worried that the United States would try to take Texas, the Mexican government moved to enact policies to move more settlers into the area to help implement control over the region. The Mexican government worked with empresarios, who operated as land agents in Texas.

Detailed explanation-4: -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. But American slaveholders in Texas distrusted the Mexican government and wanted Texas to be a new U.S. slave state.