THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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The Americans were required to pay enormous taxes to the Mexican government
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The Mexicans forbade the American settlers from trading with the US
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The American settlers were prohibited from becoming citizens of Mexico
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The Mexicans abolished slavery
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Detailed explanation-1: -Their greatest source of discontent, though, was the Mexican government’s 1829 abolition of slavery. 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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).
Detailed explanation-3: -Texas became a breeding ground for distrust and differences between the U.S. and Mexico. The Mexican government tried to end slavery in the region, impose taxes, and end immigration from the U.S. Engaged in a civil war, the relationship between the Mexican government and the American settlers grew worse.
Detailed explanation-4: -Invite citizens of your nation to colonize your frontier lands: Mexico asked its own citizens to move to Texas and offered them incentives, such as equipment to help them settle the new land.