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Content: •what Mier y Terán reported. •why the Law of April 6 was alarming to the settlers. Section Theme
Groups and InstitutionsThe Mexican government issued the Law of April 6 to offset the growing influ- ence of Anglo American settlers. differences arose between Mexican officials and the Anglo American settlers. During most of the 1820s, when the Federalists
held power in Mexico, the colonists were left alone. Anglo American settlers received land titles, cleared fields, and built their homes. They began to establish their own schools and news- papers. The colonists even brought in slaves, an action the Mexican government opposed. When the Centralist Partycame to power in 1829, it put an end to these independent acts. It issued regulations to bring the states and provinces of Mexico more under the authority of the national government.