Alta & Baja California
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After the Mexican war, many Anglo-Americans settled near the border, and took over lands that had been granted previously to Mexicans. Many merchants had settled along the Rio Grande during the war, realizing the land would be worth more after the war. Texas claimed jurisdiction over the land but a separatist movement arose to keep the land between the Nueces river and the Rio Grande as a separate territory. It failed. The Bourland commission was established to look at claims, and though the ranchers submitted claims for deliberation, the Mexican residents refused to submit claims. In 1852, the legislature confirmed 234 land claims in the names of the original Spanish and Mexican grantees. This included several claims which the commissioners had refused to recognize. However, 70 land grants were not reviewed, so the matter was not entirely settled. Laws in 1860, 1870 and 1901 set out the way in which such claims should be presented and the time fame. This resulted in 68 claims being filed and 53 being approved. The courts approved another seven
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Approximate Word count = 717
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)
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