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How were Anglo’s able to consolidate power and subject the Mexican American community?

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In January 1821, Moses Austin was promised a contract for land in exchange for bringing 300 Catholic families to settle in Texas. Anglo-Americans were drawn by inexpensive land and believed annexation of Texas to the United States was likely and would improve the market for the land.

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