Under the Land Ordinance of 1785, "4.the development of colonies" was promoted since this ordinance raised raised revenue for the government through the sale of new territory.
They were to be whipped if they did anything wrong or out of order.
This is the best I can do the Mexican government tried to force the end of slavery in the region, impose taxes, and end immigration from the United States
Hello there ... your answer would be Act of rebellion , unless the laws of England in the 18th Century were considerably more draconian - but saying that, virtually every criminal offence at that time was a capital offence, so things might have been stricter there as well)