MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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They were unhappy because many American settlers had come to Texas without Mexico’s permission.
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They were unhappy because most of these new immigrants showed little respect for Mexican culture.
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They were unhappy because most of these new immigrants had no intention of becoming citizens.
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They were unhappy because many were slaveholders who were upset when Mexico outlawed slavery in 1829.
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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: -By 1832, more than 6, 000 Anglo settlers, who owned more than 1, 000 slaves, lived in Texas. This compared with 3, 000 Tejanos. Some relationships between Tejano families and Anglos became strained when settlers refused to recognize Tejano land rights and forced families from their farms.
Detailed explanation-3: -Texas Revolution, also called War of Texas Independence, war fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas’s independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas (1836–45).