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Expanded Colonization Mexican Federal Constitution • 1824 • Written after Mexico became independent from Spain • The republic was called United Mexican States – Representative government – Catholicism was official religion • Created the state of Coahuila y Tejas – Merged the two province Mexican Federal Constitution • Main ideas: – No one could receive more than 48,708 acres of land – No colony could be established within 30 miles of the coast without government permission – Only people that lived permanently in Texas could receive land grants Coahuila y Tejas • Merger stated in the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824 • Texas was not organized as a separate state because of its small population State Colonization Law of 1825 • Law that set up guidelines to the colonization of Coahuila y Tejas • Allowed Stephen F Austin to continue receiving land grants in Texas – Most successful emperasario – Received four additional land grants in three years Stephen F Austin • Most successful colonizer • Reasons: – Ability to successfully deal with Mexican authorities – Colonists had little difficulty getting land grants and making improvements – Native Americans were little threat – Lands had fertile soil Other Empresario’s • Martin DeLeon – 1824 – Mexican empresario – Settled 200 Mexican families in Victoria • Green DeWitt – 1831 – American empresario – Settled 166 families in Gonzales Slavery • 1821-Colonists could bring slaves to Texas and buy land depending on the number of slaves • 1823-Sale and purchase of slaves forbidden in Texas and children of slaves freed once 14 • 1827-The legislature of Coahuila y Tejas outlawed additional slaves and freedom to newborns • 1829-Mexico abolished slavery, Texas granted an exception • 1830-Importation of slaves illegal in Texas