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Mexico Passes Its National Colonization Law

Category Exploration & Settlement
Date August 18, 1824
Country United States

The Mexican Congress adopted a federal colonization law that gave states authority to regulate settlement on unappropriated lands within national limits. It shaped subsequent empresario colonization in Texas.

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