Causes of the Texas Revolution

Slavery was legal in Mexico, but illegal in the USA.

Slavery was abolished in Mexico, but legal in the USA.

Slaves were treated very well and paid.

The laws in Mexico were the same as they were in the USA.

In the USA, they had freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

They did not have any more freedoms.

Slaves had rights in the USA but none in Mexico.

They had free land in the USA and in Mexican Texas the land was expensive.

State and local governments lost power in Mexican Texas (Coahulia y Tejas.)

State and local governments had a lot of power in Mexico.

There was no difference between Mexico and Texas governments.

The Mexican Constitution gave more freedom to Coahuila y Tejas

Mountains and Basins

Coastal Plains

North Central Plains

Great Plains

Anglos outnumbered Mexicans.

Mexicans outnumbered Anglos.

Native Americans had the same number of people as Anglos.

Spanish Citizens were treated the same as Native Americans.

Dictatorship without representation

Constitutional Anarchy

Democratic with representation

Monarchy

A government run one

A free one

A simple one

A communist one