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what was one result of the mexican government's empresario policy?
The Mexican government's Empresario policy awarded land to settlers.
where did the settlers of the Mexican government's Empresario policy settle?
Spanish Texas
what were the rules of the Mexican government's Empresario policy?
Mexican law required immigrants to practice Catholicism, learn Spanish, own property or have a craft or useful profession, and report to the nearest Mexican authority for permission to settle.
what was another result of the Mexican government's empresario policy?
The policy inadvertently encouraged the spread of slavery into this territory.

Question: what is the word in English?
Self-contained rewrite: what is empresario in English?