Why Was The Mexican Government To Blame For Turmoil In Texas

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I believe that the Mexican Government were more to blame for the turmoil in Texas (though I do understand their situation) because of the Guerrero Decree, the law of April 6, 1830, and the Convention of 1832. This time period was a tense time revolving around Mexico wanting complete control and Texans wanting change. To the fault of Mexico, the more regulations and control laws they enforced on the Texans, the more they lost control of the Texans due to their feeling of rebelling being increased. One of the reasons the Mexican Government was to blame for most of the turmoil in Texas was because of the Guerrero Decree which abolished slavery and even though slavery is completely inhumane and just plain wrong this did cause trouble because

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