Wanted to profit on Spanish land and father of Stephen F. Austin.
Who is "Moses Austin"?
100
San Felipe de Austin was the second largest business center in Texas next to this city.
What is "San Antonio"?
100
This law allowed for Anglo settlers to move to Texas.
What is the "Colonization Law of 1824"?
100
Martin de Leon's main settlement.
What is "Victoria"?
100
This Tejano leader was the only
empresario to found a colony of primarily Mexican settlers. In 1824,
even before Coahuila and Texas had been joined, he and his wife Patricia
began a colony on the lower Guadalupe.
Who was Martin de Leon?
200
Translator for Stephen F. Austin, and Dutch Buisness Man.
Who is "the Baron of Bastrop"?
200
San Felipe de Austin was located on this Mexican road.
What is "El Camino Real(the Royal Road)"?
200
Under this law, Austin's land grants in Texas were secure and he could continue moving settlers to Texas.
What is the "Imperial Colonization Law"?
200
This was one of the successful empresarios and in 1825 he
received a contract to settle 400 families in Texas. The colony was
located along the Guadalupe River. Gonzales was its main town.
Who is Green Dewitt?
200
Austin's one isolated colony with the main town Bastrop.
What is the Little Colony?
300
The only person to find a colony mostly composed of Mexican settlers.
Who is "Martin de Leon"?
300
San Felipe de Austin is now located in this Texas county and along this river.
What is "Austin County and Brazos River"?
300
Under this constitution, Mexico became a republic.
What is the "Federal Constitution of 1824"?
300
A wealthy citizen of Mexico City, he got permission
in 1829 to build a settlement on the Sabine River south of Nacogdoches.
Before long, though, he sold his contract and abandoned the idea.
Who is Lorenzo de Zavala?
300
The heart or capital of Austin's colony.,
What is San Felipe de Austin?
400
Stephen F. Austin formed a partnership with this person. This person was a friend, lawyer, provided a ship and financial support for Austin.
Who is "Joseph H. Hawkins"?
400
What did the city have for travelers?
What is a "hotel"?
400
This law further opened Texas to settlement and immigration.
What is the "State Colonization Law of 1825"?
400
They received a contract to settle in northeast Texas.
Who is Scotsman Arthur G. Wavell and his partner Benjamin Milam?
400
When Austin had nearly fulfilled his contract with the
Mexican government, 297 families and single men had received
land in his colony.
What is the Old Three Hundred?
500
Established the first settlement on the Colorado river.
Who is "Joseph Kuykendall"?
500
The newspaper in San Felipe de Austin.
What is the "Telegraph and Texas Register"?
500
Under article four of this law, settlers could not settle land lying within 20 leagues of the boundaries of foreign nations, or within 10 leagues of the coast.
What is "Colonization Law of 1824"?
500
James Power, James Hewetson, John McMullen, and James
McGloin also founded colonies, though none were terribly successful. (Where they Spanish, Tejanos, American, etc)
Who are Europeans?
500
Empresarios received 6,700 acres of land for every ___ families they brought into Texas.