Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company – a business founded in 1830 that took over contracts from unsuccessful empresarios in dishonest ways. (Unit 3 Lesson 12 page 9)
The company told American settlers they had land for sale in Texas, and sold these settlers certificates known as scrip.
The immigrants were told that was their claim to land in Texas.
The certificates were ____________. (Unit 3 Lesson 12 page 14)