Editing Tejanos (section)

===Republic of Texas===
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[[File:Juan seguin.jpg|thumb|[[Juan Seguín]], Tejano leader of the [[Texas Revolution]] and statesman in the [[Republic of Texas]]]]
By 1821, at the end of the [[Mexican War of Independence]], about 4,000 Tejanos lived in Mexican Texas, alongside a lesser number of foreign settlers. In addition, several thousand New Mexicans lived in the areas of Paso del Norte (now [[El Paso, Texas]]) and [[Nuevo Santander]], incorporating [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]] and the [[Lower Rio Grande Valley|Rio Grande Valley]].

During the 1820s, many settlers from the United States and other nations moved to [[Mexican Texas]], mostly in the eastern area. The passage of the [[General Colonization Law]], encouraged immigration by granting the immigrants citizenship if they declared loyalty to Mexico. By 1830, the 30,000 recent settlers in Texas, who were primarily Englishspeakers from the United States, outnumbered the Hispanos Tejano six to one.<ref name="Tejanos1">{{cite web |title=Tejano Patriots |work=bexargenealogy.com |url=http://www.bexargenealogy.com/index_Tejanos.htm |access-date=2008-10-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080502181031/http://bexargenealogy.com/index_Tejanos.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-05-02}}</ref>

The [[Texians]] and Tejano alike rebelled against attempts by the government to centralize authority in [[Mexico City]] and other measures implemented by President [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/tejanos-and-the-siege-and-battle-of-the-alamo |title=                        Tejanos and the Siege and Battle of the Alamo |author=De La Teja, Jesús F. |publisher=[[Texas State Historical Association]] |work=[[Handbook of Texas]] |access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/remember-the-tejanos |title=Remember the Tejanos! |author=Santos, John Phillip |publisher=[[Texas Monthly]] |date=2014 |access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://houstonculture.org/hispanic/alamo.html |title=The Texas Revolution: Tejano Patriots |author=Schmal, John P. |publisher=Houston Institute for Culture |date=2004 |access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref> Tensions between the central Mexican government and the settlers eventually resulted in the [[Texas Revolution]].