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Dona Rosa, a Tejano rancher spent the years of 1790 through the beginning of 1800 became a"pillar to her community".(96) In south Texas in the Rio Grande Valley ranchlands Dona Rosa and her family controlled about 1 million acres of land across modern Cameron, Hindalgo, Willacy, Kenedy, Kleberg, and Nueces counties.It shows the rise of these Tejano landowning Before the Mexican independence.
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In 1794 General Pedro issued the secularization of missions throughout Texas. Secularization just means the control from religious friars are now are now handed over to local government official and civilians. The Secularization took place in La Bahia and San Antonio. The Secularization of these missions freed up a lot of room and and for ranchers and other people who played a role in the Mexican independence. (88)
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Thomas Jefferson and General, purchased land from France. The deal was signed in France. It pushed the expansion westward. Over time it made tension in Spanish territories because it crept on land that was territory to Spain. That indirectly affected changes that led to Mexican Independence. (103) pic-louisiana% -. (2024). Retrieved website: https://www.google.com/imgres?q=louisiana% -
In 1805 Governor Cordero was promoting settlement on the Trinity and Brazos river. There would be a mix of native Tejanos as well as Louisiana migrants. In 1806 they founded a town commonly referred to Salcedo. As the town and its people were getting settled, many problems rose in which Governor Cordero moved his expansion more west. They both ultimately fell due to the war that later occurred. Id did lead to a lot of local identity which fed into Mexican independence. (110)
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US troops who Jefferson were in charge of and and Spain troops who Governor Coredo who was in charge of the had sort of a "no mans land" along the Sabine River of neurtal ground where the US nor Spain had control of it. This neutral ground lasted for about 15 years.
This affected the Mexican independence because it really gave them a sense of identity while holding their ground which later led to their independence.
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Because the Colonial institutions of Spain were corrupt, the church owned mostly, well everything. Priests, locals and others were underpaid and a lot of social and economic unfairness just began fueling amongst commoners and the local population. This unjustness was in Modern day Mexico including a part of north Texas and it really created a good ground for the emotions of the people to express their discomfort and well, rebell.
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Napoleon forced Charles the fourth to give up his throne. He ended up putting his brother joseph on the throne and it made Spain and its people feel as it was unjust. This rage that fueled the people help sparked the independence in Mexico.(116) Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte. (n.d.). Retrieved from napoleon.org website: https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/paintings/portrait-de-joseph-bonaparte/