WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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Become a Mexican citizen
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Become a Roman Catholic
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Obey all Mexican Laws
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Give 1/2 of all products produced to the Mexican government
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Detailed explanation-1: -The newly passed Law of April 6, 1830, prohibited the entrance of Anglo-Americans into Texas unless they had a passport to Austin’s or DeWitt’s colony.
Detailed explanation-2: -On August 18, 1824, the Mexican government passed a new national colonization law. This law allowed foreigners to settle on any vacant public land in Mexico, but restricted foreigners from settling within twenty leagues of the border with another country and within ten leagues of the coast.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821. At that time, Mexico’s northern provinces included California, New Mexico, and Texas. When Mexico founded the province of Texas in 1821, the land was very sparsely populated, so Texans actively recruited settlers from the United States to help grow the region’s population.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.