Spain did not give Moses Austin permission to start a colony in Texas. It simply gave him 4,428 acres in 1821.
Mexico. Mexico had won its independence from Spain in 1821 and Stephen Austin established his colony in 1822.
Moses Austin
Moses Austin
Moses Austin made this deal with the Spanish.
Moses Austin made this deal with the Spanish.
Moses Austin made this deal with the Spanish.
Spain.
Stephen F. Austin had to go to Mexico to get permission from the government to fill his land grants because Mexico had won it's independence from Spain. He went to Mexico City in 1822 to get permission to continue his colonization of Texas plan.
How long was the philippines a colony of spain?
Austin's Colony was the first legal settlement of North American families in Mexican-owned Texas. Led by the Empressario, Stephen F. Austin, an initial grant for three hundred families--the "Old 300"--in 1821 opened up Texas to a flood of American immigrants, as many as 30,000 by the time of the Texas Revolution in 1835. This colonial period that brought Anglo and African settlers from the United States into contact with the governmental and ranching traditions of Spain and Mexico helped set the course for much of Texas' history in the 19th century--and was only overshadowed later by the discovery of oil in Texas in the 20th century.
No. Spain has never been a colony nor is it one now.