WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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forced Texans to become Catholics.
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enforced the law that outlawed slavery.
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taxed the land and property of the Texans
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violated their rights to a fair trial.
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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: -How did the Mexican government respond to the Texas rebellion? THEY MARCHED AN ARMY INTO TX TO STOP THE REBELLION.
Detailed explanation-3: -In an attempt to enforce control, the Mexican government tried to force the end of slavery in the region, impose taxes, and end immigration from the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Stephen Austin’s contract to bring settlers to Texas, June 4, 1825 (Gilder Lehrman Collection) In order to settle Texas in the 1820s, the Mexican government allowed speculators, called empresarios, to acquire large tracts of land if they promised to bring in settlers to populate the region and make it profitable.