Stephen F. Austin wanted to bring colinists to Texas because his father, Moses Austin had a dream of settleing 300 families from the us in Texas. But he died and in his will, he left his empersariol grant to his son, Stephen.
because Texas was cheap to settle in at 12.5 cents an acre
It was in 1823 -1825
1. He had the 1st grant to settle 300 families in Texas. 2. He was the father of Stephen F. Austin.
who led the Spanish amy
The Old Three Hundred.
He was an empresario, which is someone who had the right to settle on Mexican land and was responsible for recruiting and managing new settlers.
His father died and said he wished that Stephen would continue his(Stephen's father's) dream to settle Mexican Texas.
stephen austin
Stephen F. Austin came to south and central Texas to bring 300 colonists/farmers to settle and respect the spanish law and to pay cheaper land to graze and cattle acres of land.
Stephen Fuller Austin was born in Wythe County, Virginia on November 3 in 1793.
Spain.
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.
stephen austin
It was in 1823 -1825
1. He had the 1st grant to settle 300 families in Texas. 2. He was the father of Stephen F. Austin.
1. He had the 1st grant to settle 300 families in Texas. 2. He was the father of Stephen F. Austin.
He started a total of 13. First one called the Austin colony
who led the Spanish amy