When the Texas Revolution began in 1835, this was the ratio of Americans and other immigrants to native Mexicans.
1:1
2:1
3:1
4:1
5:1
4:1. Mexico had actively sought immigrants to increase population and development in the province of Tejas. The offers of free land worked very well. By 1835, some 30,000 immigrants had moved in among the 7,800 native Mexicans.