What caused tensions between the tejanos and american in texas in the late 1820s?

Answer 1

Many reasons led to this,the main reason was that the growing number of Anglo-Americans were pushing them out, so they fought back

Answer 2

Slavery was one and mandatory tithing to the Catholic Church became another.

Answer 3

American settlers in Texas were upset with Mexico because they did not like following Mexican laws and dealing with documents that were Spanish. also the Mexicans outlawed slavery in Texas.

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There were no "Americans" in Texas in 1820. Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821, and soon allowed US settlers into Texas, the first settlers from the US arrived in1822.

The only "conflict" in the 20s was over the permission to settle which had been granted by Spain in 1820 to Moses Austin and if the permission still held under independent Mexico, logically it did not, but Mexico passed a General Colonization Act allowing US settlers.

A minor conflict was over how much power the persons granted land by Mexico to then sell to settlers had over that land and settlers. The colonies were far from Mexican centers of government, and those land grantees, called empresarios, basically acted as the government over their grants. As time went on the empresarios governed more as if they were under US laws than Mexican. Early on this was no problem for Mexico, mostly due to communications over the distance. But later as more settlers arrived and the way of life became less Mexican, including Official State Religion, and more American, including following the long standing American traditions of slavery, standing armed citizen militias, and Steven Austin's creation of a roving para-military, the Rangers, and as communication improved the conflicts increased.

In the late 20s and early 30s the Mexican government made changes in the laws to gain more control over Texas and bring it back in line with national values which soon brought the conflicts to a head.

Answer 4

Texians wanted to keep Texas as a slave state.

First on the background of the war:

When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, all the territories it possessed included Mexico, most of Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica) as well as today's US States of California, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and parts of Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming.

Due to the extremely low population for such territorial extension (estimated at 12 million during 1824), Mexico relaxed its Immigration policies, thus allowing American settlers to help populate the northern territories. The conditions to settle were simple: 1) to pledge allegiance to Mexico and 2) observe the Mexican Law and customs. In 1830, these laws incorporated the banning of slavery. Due to the fact that many American settlers in such territories were slave owners, they looked for any pretext to break up with Mexico.

Later, Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna took measures to transform Mexico from a Federal Republic to a Centralist Republic. This move prompted Yucatan and Texas to secede from Mexico. Santa Anna's government invaded both republics; while Yucatan was regained, Texas was lost. The Texas Revolution ended after the Battle of San Jacinto, but Mexico did not officially recognize the independence of Texas until after the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) as part of the Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty.

Answer 5

Many reasons led to this,the main reason was that the growing number of Anglo-Americans were pushing them out, so they fought back

Answer 6

Americans did not like following the Mexican laws and dealing with documents that were spanish.

Answer 7

when the U.S. settlers went to texas spongebob came and sucked them up then patrick drooled on them to death......:)

Answer 8

Slavery banning in Mexico (Texans were pro-slavery).

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