<Li> No system of public education had been established . </Li> <Li> Attempts by the Mexican government to enforce import tariffs were called "piratical attacks" by "foreign desperadoes". </Li> <Li> The settlers were not allowed freedom of religion . All legal settlers were required to convert to Catholicism . </Li> <P> Based upon the United States Declaration of Independence, the Texas Declaration also contains many memorable expressions of American political principles: </P>

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