Some push factors were the chance to get rich, Dry farming, owning land, escaping the nightmares of the south ( slaves ). There were also longhorns to sell. Some pull factors were relatives and spouses not wanting them to go.
a) the fertile soil led to food surpluses, which supported a larger group of people
. It was created to protect and defend the coastline of Texas and offer protection for the shipping and trade that was desperately needed for the growing republic.
The movement where people from or with ancestors from 21 Central and South American countries that were once former colonies of Spain were grouped together speaks to dynamics underlying involuntary ethnicity. This process divides people into racial classification where they are explicitly or implicitly ranked on a social worth’s scale.