The Trouble with Texians (CEC)

Things Change L20

In lesson 20, learn about how the Law of April 6th, 1830 changes immigration in Texas and starts to process toward Texas Independence.

Learning Objectives for Lesson 20

• about American immigration, legal and illegal, into Texas
• about the Law of April 6, 1830
• why uncontrolled immigration to Texas posed a threat to Mexico
• Why the location of empressario contracts mattered
• How slavery became part of the Texas landscape
• How cotton culture becomes attractive to Mexican planners
• Why Texians resent moves made by Mexican authorities
• About William Barrett Travis
• About James Bowie
• The difference between legal, and illegal, American immigrants to Texas