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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.

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Moses Austin originally came to Texas to reclaim his fortune that he lost in the depression. after many years of pesuading, he died, and Stephen F. Austin took over

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He was allowed to bring 300,000 people to colonize, but Stephen Austin had to. Moses had died. He gave the people 400,000 acres of land.

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He wanted to start a colony....I think.

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