Mexico has not made any efforts whatsoever to incorporate these citizens into the Mexican culture. Instead, Santa Anna ensured any ideas of Texas gaining a separate statehood were extinguished by implementing his power of having the last word. The 1824 Mexican Constitution was implemented as settlers began to pour into Texas. The Constitution granted states an overarching control of their governing and encouraged Texans to govern themselves in the manner they see most appropriate, a freedom never seen before. (Minster, Christopher). Without warning the Constitution of 1824 was dismissed in favor of a more promising constitution, that allowed the government more control over the nation. This did not settle well with Coahuila y Tejas, Tejas
