-
Tensions between Texas and Mexico
Texas was a province of Mexico. Foreign settlers were invited in to help develop the land and its resources. By about 1830, American settlers outnumbered Mexican citizens. They began to take over the regional administration and to insist on special US-based privileges such as owning slaves, appointing their own lawmen, and using US legal principles for land-ownership. None of these things were acceptable to the Mexican government who had legal responsibility for Texas.Tensions grew between them