MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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They complained because many were slaveholders who were upset when Mexico outlawed slavery in 1829.
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They complained because they were used to governing themselves, and they resented taking orders from Mexican officials
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They were unhappy because most of the Tejanos (Texans of Mexican decent) showed little respect for American culture and had no intention of becoming citizens.
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They were unhappy that all official documents had to be in Spanish, a language most of them were unwilling to learn
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Detailed explanation-1: -List 2 complaints of American settlers in Texas in 1830. Were used to governing themselves and resented taking orders from Mexican officals . All offical documents had to be in Spanish unwilling to become Mexican citizens.
Detailed explanation-2: -1 They [Mexican Government] made us a part of the state of Coahuila and carried on all government business in Spanish. 2 They put Stephen F. Austin in jail for a long time. 3 They have not given a national guarantee of jury trials.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.