<P> There were about 3500 settlers living in the whole of Tejas in 1821 , mostly concentrated in San Antonio and La Bahia , despite efforts by the authorities to increase the settler population along the frontier . The settler population was overwhelmingly outnumbered by the indigenous people . To increase settler numbers , Mexico enacted the General Colonization Law in 1824 , which enabled all heads of household , regardless of race , religion or immigrant status , to acquire land in Mexico . The first empresarial grant had been made under Spanish control to Stephen F. Austin , whose settlers , known as the Old Three Hundred , settled along the Brazos River in 1822 . The grant was later ratified by the Mexican government . Twenty - three other empresarios brought settlers to the state , the majority from the United States of America to the east , while others came from the rest of Mexico , and Europe . </P>
<P> There were about 3500 settlers living in the whole of Tejas in 1821 , mostly concentrated in San Antonio and La Bahia , despite efforts by the authorities to increase the settler population along the frontier . The settler population was overwhelmingly outnumbered by the indigenous people . To increase settler numbers , Mexico enacted the General Colonization Law in 1824 , which enabled all heads of household , regardless of race , religion or immigrant status , to acquire land in Mexico . The first empresarial grant had been made under Spanish control to Stephen F. Austin , whose settlers , known as the Old Three Hundred , settled along the Brazos River in 1822 . The grant was later ratified by the Mexican government . Twenty - three other empresarios brought settlers to the state , the majority from the United States of America to the east , while others came from the rest of Mexico , and Europe . </P>
who did mexico invite into the region of texas in the 1820s
who did mexico invite into the region of texas in the 1820s
all heads of household , regardless of race , religion or immigrant status
all heads of household , regardless of race , religion or immigrant status