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Anglo-American colonization in Mexican Texas took place between 1821 and 1835. Spain had first opened Texas to Anglo-Americans in 1820, less than one year before Mexico achieved its independence. Its traditional policy forbade foreigners in its territory, but Spain was unable to persuade its own citizens to move to remote and sparsely populated Texas. There were only three settlements in the province of Texas in 1820: Nacogdoches, San Antonio de Béxar, and La Bahía del Espíritu Santo (later Goliad), small towns with outlying ranches. The missions near the latter two, once expected to be nucleus communities, had been or were being secularized (i.e., transferred to diocesan from Franciscan administration), while those near Nacogdoches had been closed since the 1770s. Recruiting foreigners to develop the Spanish frontier was not new. As early as the 1790s, Spain invited Anglo-Americans to settle in Upper Louisiana (Missouri) for the same reason. The foreigners were to be Catholic, industrious, and willing to become Spanish citizens in return for generous land grants. Spain expected the new settlers to increase economic development and help deter the aggressive and mobile Plains Indians such as the Comanches and Kiowas. Mexico continued the Spanish colonization plan after its independence in 1821 by granting contracts to empresarios who would settle and supervise selected, qualified immigrants.
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Settled by land grantees
Spain ruled Mexico, and Texas was part of Mexico in the 1700s. France had begun to develop settlements in Louisiana. With an enemy on its eastern flank, Spain had to increase its grip on Texas. To encourage settlement, the Spanish government offered huge land grants for little or no cost to Spanish citizens and military members. Settlers that accepted often faced raids by local Indians. French settlers in Louisiana supported these raids by supplying guns and ammunition.
Over time, priests founded fewer missions in Texas than in other Spanish settlements. Spain paid for priests’ travel and materials to build the missions. The missions were promised to protect the American Indians from harsh treatment or slavery by settlers. They also were to protect American Indians from raids by other tribes. The priests brought with them irrigation systems and more intensive farming practices. They wanted to convert the Indians to Christianity and have them live and work within the mission system. But in Texas the non-European residents, both Mexican and Indian, had lived in the area for centuries. They had their own languages, their own cultures, and their own trading partnerships. They often had no love for the Spanish intruders.
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