The factors that contributed to the development of a middle class during this period were:
The peasant and craftsmen were able to join the modern workforce.
No barriers keeping the movement from cities and towns to farms and the countryside.
It should be noted that during the period of industrialization, there was a movement from the agrarian sector to the manufacturing of goods.
This also aided the development of the middle class. The peasant and craftsmen were able to join the modern workforce and there was no barriers keeping the movement from cities and towns to farms and the countryside.
In 1821, approximately 3,500 settlers lived in the whole of Tejas, concentrated mostly in San Antonio and La Bahia,[1] although authorities had tried to encourage development along the frontier.
