Why did the Mexican government think it was in its best interests to halt further colonization of Texas by Americans?

Why did the Mexican government think it was in its best interests to halt further colonization to Texas by Americans? There was little land left for Mexican colonists. It feared the settlers would try to make Texas part of the U.S. It feared the settlers' influence on Mexicans who were born in Texas.

Explanation:

these acts divided the south into five military districts.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”