Question

Why did Americans want to settle in Texas?

Answer 1

Answer:

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. Some settlers were fleeing debts and sought refuge in the Mexican colony, where they were safe from American creditors. The American's wanted to settle in Texas for free land and also because they wanted America to expand and take over territories that belonged to Mexico.The people from the southern states wanted to expand westward. The planting of cotton was very profitable using slave labor and the cotton gin. The settlers wanted more land. Starting in Georgia the cotton agriculture had spread to Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. America had no more land to the west but Mexico did.