Mexico Passes Its First National Colonization Law

Category Exploration & Settlement

Date January 3, 1823

Country United States

Mexico enacted an imperial colonization law offering land incentives for immigrants and defining an empresario system. It provided an important legal foundation for settlement contracts connected to Texas.

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