Americans were promised free land, so Americans poured in.
Slavery.
Mexicans invited the American settlers into Texas. Texas-Mexico invited Americans to settle in Texas to stop Indian attacks. These settlers were required to be Catholic, become Mexican citizens, and follow Mexican laws.
Empresario
Anglo settlers were colonist in Mexico and Mexican settlers weren't
Bring the Mexican government to the bargaining table.
Relations between the Mexican government and American settlers in Texas begin to deteriorate because settlers refused to convert to Catholicism or free their slaves.
The Mexican Colonization Law
Stephen Austin
The government could not raise taxes without the consent of the people.
Stephen Austin was the first American impresario to bring settlers to Texas. He was loyal the the Mexican government until Santa Anna voided the Mexican Constitution and pronounced himself dictator.
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Stephen Austin
In Texas
Slavery.
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.
The American settlers agreed to Learn Spanish, Become Mexican Citizens, convert to Catholicism and obey MExican law
American settlers had to agree to become Mexican citizens in order to settle in Austin's colony.