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On the death (1821) of his father, Moses Austin, he took over a grant to bring U.S. settlers into Spanish Texas. ... Was leader of that colony.
Stephen F. Austin established the first American Colony in Texas. He led 300 families there on approval of the Mexican government. A few years later, he was allowed to bring 1,700 more families into the colony.
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Moses Austin wanted to colonize Texas because he had lost all his money in the Panic of 1819. He could not escape his debt in any conventional way so he wanted to establish his own colony as a source of income.
In 1821.
300 Anglo familys
It was in 1823 -1825
In 1821, Moses Austin, who was living in Louisiana at the time, received permission to bring approximately 300 colonists to settle in Texas. On his way to Missouri for the settlers, he was brutally attacked by highwaymen, who robbed and severely beat him. He eventually made it to Missouri, but died before he could bring the settlers to Texas.
The Empresarios like Stephen Austin.
Stephen Austin was the first American impresario to bring settlers to Texas. He was loyal the the Mexican government until Santa Anna voided the Mexican Constitution and pronounced himself dictator.
He wanted to bring the first colony to Texas. he is an agent hired (not the spy kind of agent more like businessmen) by Mexico to bring in settlers to Mexico especially from America. in exchange, Mexico would give the settlers land, but they must become Mexican citizens, follow Mexican law, and become catholic.