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How did the Mexican government get American settlers to move onto Mexican land?
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Who was the original leader of the american settlers in Texas who obtained a huge land grant from the Mexican government?
Stephen Austin
Original leader of American settlers in Texas who obtained a huge land grant from the Mexican government?
Stephen Austin
What was given to the American settlers by the Mexican government as an incentive to move to Texas in the 1820's?
Americans were promised free land, so Americans poured in.
Why did the Anglo settlers in Texas rebel against the Mexican government?
Mexico had been promoting immigration to that region to the point where there was a huge influx of American citizens interested in the cheap land (as if they didn't have enough). This worried the Mexican government, who decided to restrict immigration and take away some of the land granted to the american settlers. This pissed them off royally, and they rebelled.
Name the four things that American settlers agreed to do in exchange for receiving land in Texas?
The American settlers agreed to Learn Spanish, Become Mexican Citizens, convert to Catholicism and obey MExican law
What did the Mexican government do to attract settlers to Texas?
give the newcomers 960 acres of land and more if they had children
Why did the Mexican government welcome American traders into New Mexico?
The Mexican government was granting land in Texas to foreign "empresarios" for recruiting settlers and taking responsibility for them. The most famous of the empresarios was Stephen F. Austin, who got 300 families to immigrate to Texas from the United States and after whom the Texas state capital is named.
WW why did American go to Mexico?
Cheap land provided by the Mexican government.
Agents hired by the Mexican government to attract settlers to Texas?
give the newcomers 960 acres of land and more if they had children
In exchange for the land grant from Mexico settlers had to agree to .?
learn spanish become a Mexican citizen convert to Catholicism and obey the Mexican law ~In other words (for A+LS) All of the Above~(By: Paige Mathews)
Why did the Miami Indians fight the Americans?
American settlers took their land
What were the reasons for settlers to come to Texas?
In the 1820's, thinking that it would validate the Mexican claims in America, the government of Mexico promised free or cheap land to US settlers, if they agreed to observe Mexican laws.
