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Gone to Texas
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Texan Americans
Empresario
agents who bough land grants
Numbered about 30,000 by 1835 (see Makers of America: Mexican or Texican?” pp. 268-269)
Most were law-abiding and God-fearing, but some of them had left the “States” ahead of the sheriff
“G.T.T.” (Gone to Texas) became descriptive slang
Among them were Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie
A latecomer was an ex-governor of Tennessee, Sam Houston
The pioneer individualists who came to Texas were not to easy to push around
Slavery in Texas
In 1821 Mexicans won their independence:
A new regime in Mexico City concluded 1823 agreements for granting a huge tract of land to Stephen Austin
Promising he would bring 300 American families to Texas
Immigrants were to be Roman Catholics
And settlements were to become properly Mexicanized
These two stipulations were largely ignored
Friction increased between Mexicans and Texans over issues:
1829 - Mexico freed the slaves
Americans brought slaves to Texas for cotton and sugar
1830 - Mexico seals its border against any further immigration
they slap a heavy tax burden on the importation of American goods
WASP population doubled between 1830 and 1834
Slavery, immigration, and local rights
Slavery was a particularly touchy topic
Mexico emancipated its slaves in 1830 and prohibited further importation of slaves into Texas, as well as further colonization by troublesome Americans
The Texans refused to honor these decrees
They kept their slaves in bondage, and new American settlers kept bringing more slaves into Texas
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
1833-35 1839-1855 (11)
Stephen Austin went to Mexico City in 1833 to negotiate these differences
Santa Anna jailed him for 8 months for inciting a revolution
The explosion came to an en in 1835 when Santa Anna:
wiped out all local rights
started to raise an army to suppress the upstart Texas