turmoil was the issue of slavery. In Mexico, slaves were forbidden and many of the American settlers came to the new land in search of slaves to pick and grow cotton. “National and state laws banned the African slave trade, but allowed Anglo-Americans to bring their family slaves with them to Texas and buy and sell them there until 1840,” (Hesten 47). Grandchildren of the slaves would be freed gradually upon reaching certain ages. The Americans,with their newfound confidence from settling this land and successfully breaking the rules, generally believed that they were superior to the Mexicans. This feeling of superiority gave way to a lack of contact between the colonists who settled with Austin and the Indian people. They never even bothered to learn Spanish and most of these immigrant Americans didn’t become Mexican citizens or even adopt the Catholic religion, (Armitage, Buhle, Czitrom, Faragher 244). This arrogance and non-compliance was a dominant source of this turmoil between the two peoples that eventually caused governmental upheaval.The turmoil between the Americans and the Mexican government boiled because they were getting restless with the Mexican rules. During this period, the Mexican government was wielding an internal battle between the Federalists and the Centralists. The Federalists were asking the government for more power in the states and less in the central government, while making forward progress with this recent immigration. In contrast, the Centralists wanted more power in the central government and they were strongly opposed to immigration, (Peterson). All the while, the American government was regretting the previous treaty in 1819 signed by Adams that gave up the territorial rights to Texas. The Americans tried to buy Texas from Mexico for $1 million, and then $5 million, but the Mexicans declined the offer and Jackson’s ambassador told him to take it by force, (Peterson)....
