In June 1772 American patriots including John Brown burned a British warship that had been vigorously enforcing unpopular trade regulations in what became known as the Gaspee Affair the affair was investigated for possible treason but no action was taken; 3 1790 to 1860 Nullification Crisis In 1800 Spain's colonial province of Texas (Tejas) had few inhabitants with only about 7,000 non-Indian settlers the Spanish crown developed a policy of colonization to more effectively control the territory After independence the Mexican government implemented the policy granting Moses Austin a banker from Missouri a large tract of land in Texas Austin died before he could bring his plan of recruiting American settlers for the land to fruition but his son Stephen F Austin brought over 300 American families into Texas. This started the steady trend of migration from the United States into the Texas frontier Austin's colony was the most successful of several colonies authorized by the Mexican government the Mexican government intended the new settlers to act as a buffer between the Tejano residents and the Comanches but the non-Hispanic colonists tended to settle where there was decent farmland and trade connections with American Louisiana which the United States had acquired in the Louisiana Purchase rather than further west where they would have been an effective buffer against the Indians.
The Revolution had a strong immediate influence in Great Britain Ireland the Netherlands and France Many British and Irish Whigs spoke in favor of the American cause in Ireland there was a profound impact; the Protestants who controlled Ireland were demanding more and more self-rule Under the leadership of Henry Grattan the so-called "Patriots" forced the reversal of mercantilist prohibitions against trade with other British colonies the King and his cabinet in London could not risk another rebellion on the American model and made a series of concessions to the Patriot faction in Dublin Armed Protestant volunteer units were set up to protect against an invasion from France As in America so too in Ireland the King no longer had a monopoly of lethal force. Today more than 100 battlefields and historic sites of the American Revolution are protected and maintained by the government the National Park Service alone owns and maintains more than 50 battlefield parks and sites related to the Revolution the American Battlefield Trust preserves almost 700 acres of battlefield land in six states.
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