| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Moses Austin | First Anglo American to get permission from Spain to bring American settlers into Texas |
| Stephen F. Austin | Proposed a settlement of 300 families in Texas; known as the father of Texas for his colonization efforts |
| Lorenzo de Zavala | Politician and empresario who sided with the Texans during the revolution |
| 1821 | Mexico wins its independence from Spain |
| 1824 | Mexico adapts a Federalist government creating the Colonization Law of 1824 |
| 1830 | Mexican government issues the Law of April 6, 1830 |
| Colonization Law of 1824 | A colonization law that gave the power of issuing land grants to the STATE governments |
| Law of April 6, 1830 | A law that put an end to colonization contracts and stopped all immigration from the United States |
| 3 requirements of new settlers in Texas | Become Mexican citizens, become Catholic, be of good moral character |
| Why did colonist have to be loyal to the Spanish and later Mexican governments? | Citizens loyal to their homelands would not obey the laws of Mexico. |
| According to the Colonization Law of 1824, colonists could not settle near an international border of near the coast lines. Why do you think the government included this restriction? | Mexico wanted to restrict colonists from interacting with the U.S. they also wanted to restrict U.S. expansion into the area and control trade along the coast. |
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