What happened to the Texas settlers when Santa Anna gained power? Santa Anna forced all American settlers to return to the Unite
d States. Santa Anna rejected the state constitution drafted by the American settlers. Settlers who brought enslaved people into Texas were not allowed to enter. Settlers were stripped of their Mexican citizenship and faced heavy fines.
The plantations and farms of Virginia and the Southern colonies were the foundation of the economy of the New World. The colonies grew crops for export. As plantations grew the settlers needed more labor to work them. This was supplied by slaves from Africa.
