The Mexican government starts to offer land to the Americans in Texas because colony. This was in the year 1820.
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Americans were promised free land, so Americans poured in.
They came to Texas due to vast, open lands and good agriculture. Abundance of oil and natural minerals were also main reasons they came during this time.
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In 1820, Spain held the land that would become Texas. They encouraged Americans to settle in Texas because not enough Mexicans had taken the opportunity to settle there. When Mexico gained their independence, they continued the Immigration policy that the Spanish had put in place.
He came to Texas, during the year of the 1820's, and he was the one who had discovered Texas.
The majority of immigrants to Texas during the 1820's were from the South. These people did not want to give up their slaves. Other people who came to Texas during that period were Eastern Europeans from Sweden, Denmark, and Ireland.
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