<P> Hoping that more settlers would reduce the near - constant Comanche raids, Mexican Texas liberalized its immigration policies to permit immigrants from outside Mexico and Spain . Under the Mexican immigration system, large swathes of land were allotted to empresarios, who recruited settlers from the United States, Europe, and the Mexican interior . The first grant, to Moses Austin, was passed to his son Stephen F. Austin after his death . </P> <P> Austin's settlers, the Old Three Hundred, made places along the Brazos River in 1822 . Twenty - three other empresarios brought settlers to the state, the majority of whom were from the United States . The population of Texas grew rapidly . In 1825, Texas had about 3,500 people, with most of Mexican descent . By 1834, the population had grown to about 37,800 people, with only 7,800 of Mexican descent . Most of these early settlers who arrived with Austin and soon after were persons less than fortunate in life, as Texas was devoid of the comforts found elsewhere in Mexico and the United States during that time period . Early Texas settler David B. Edwards described his fellow Texans as being "banished from the pleasures of life ." </P> <P> Many immigrants openly flouted Mexican law, especially the prohibition against slavery . Combined with United States' attempts to purchase Texas, Mexican authorities decided in 1830 to prohibit continued immigration from the United States . New laws also called for the enforcement of customs duties angering both native Mexican citizens (Tejanos) and recent immigrants . </P> <P> The Anahuac Disturbances in 1832 were the first open revolt against Mexican rule and they coincided with a revolt in Mexico against the nation's president . Texians sided with the federalists against the current government and drove all Mexican soldiers out of East Texas . They took advantage of the lack of oversight to agitate for more political freedom . Texians met at the Convention of 1832 to discuss requesting independent statehood, among other issues . The following year, Texians reiterated their demands at the Convention of 1833 . </P>

All of the delegates who produced the current texas constitution were native texans