Settling Texas
- The new country emerged essentially bankrupt from the war against Spain
- Mexico encouraged settlers to create their own militias for protection against hostile Indian tribes
- Texas was very sparsely populated and in the hope that an influx of settlers could control the Indian raids, the government liberalized immigration polices
- The first group of colonists known as the Old Three Hundred had arrived in 1822 to settle an empresarial grant that had been given to Stephen Austin
- The Mexican born settlers in Texas were soon vastly outnumbered by people born in the US
- This scared the Mexican government
- Reasons for Settling- Cheap land, new frontier, A weak country
- The property tax law intended to exempt immigrants from paying taxes for ten years, was overturned and tarriffs were increased on goods shipped from the US
- Texas settlers had to comply with the federal prohibition
- 2 major conflicts-
- Battle of the ALamo- Texans lost, all died, lasted 13 days, Crockett, Bowie, Austin, Santa Anna (know them)
- Battle of San Jacinto- Texans won, 18 minutes battle, sneak attack, Santa Anna and Houston
- Know Key players in debt
- Republic of Texas Revo- Republic of Texas 1836-1845, Mexico will try and regain Texas but fails
- The Texas Reevo also known as the Texas War of Independence was the military conflict between the governmen of Mexico and Texas colonists
- Resulted in the establishment of the Republic of Texas after the final battle on April
- Conflicts between the two nations continued into the 1840, finally being resolved with the Mexican American War after the annexation of Texas to the US
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