April 6, 1830: Mexican immigration law offends Anglo-Texans

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April 6, 1830: Mexican immigration law offends Anglo-Texans

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/daybyday/04-06-002.html

On this day in 1830, the Mexican government passed a law that helped
foment the Texas Revolution.

The law is said to be analogous to the Stamp Act, which encouraged the
American Revolution. Among its provisions, it forbade the further
introduction of slaves into Mexico, and apparently was intended to
suspend existing empresario contracts. Article 11, the most
inflammatory part, was intended to prohibit or limit immigration from
the United States.

Texas colonists were greatly disturbed by news of the law. Although
Stephen F. Austin secured exemption from the operation of the law for
his contract and for that of Green DeWitt, the measure shook his belief
in the good will of the Mexican government.

Enforcement of the law resulted directly in the Anahuac Disturbances of
1832 and indirectly in the battle of Velasco, the conventions of 1832
and 1833, and the accumulation of grievances that helped lead to the
revolution.

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