In the 1820s, most residents of Texas were Mexican nationals. I presume they supported the government of Mexico (although there were Mexicans who fought with the Americans at Alamo). I suspect that most of the Americans living in Texas in the 1820s supported slavery and independence (slavery was illegal in Mexico).
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Americans were attracted to Texas in the 1820s because Spain offered land at about 4 cents an acre, while land in the United States cost about $1.25 an acre at that time.
Texas, then the independence of Texas happened in the 1830s i believe
It encouraged American settlement in Texas in the 1820s and early 1830s.
Stephan Austin
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.
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Stephen Austin started a settlement in Texas in the early 1820s
Thousands of Americans settled in Texas.
because it was by the gulf of Mexico