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Age of Empresarios

Age of Empresarios. 1820-1831. First Anglo American to secure permission from Spain to bring American settlers into Texas. First offer to bring 300 families to Texas was turned down. Runs into his old friend the Baron de Bastrop Real name was Philip Hendrik Nering Bogel Dutch

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Age of Empresarios

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  1. Age of Empresarios 1820-1831

  2. First Anglo American to secure permission from Spain to bring American settlers into Texas. • First offer to bring 300 families to Texas was turned down. • Runs into his old friend the Baron de Bastrop • Real name was Philip Hendrik NeringBogel • Dutch • Offered to help Austin • Moses was granted permission to settle 300 families after convincing Governor Antonio Martinez that it was not a United States plot to seize Texas for themselves. • June 10, 1821 – Moses Austin dies of pneumonia. • His son, Stephen F. Austin takes over his father’s work. Moses Austin

  3. Austin decided on the region between the Colorado and the Brazos Rivers. • Fertile soil • Abundant water • Natural resources • Mild climate • No other settlements • Why would Austin extend his colony to the coastline? Austin’s Colony

  4. Primarily southern newspapers at first • Each man would receive 640 acres, plus: • 320 for his wife • 160 acres per child • 80 acres per slave • Skilled workers could receive additional land • Austin had the land surveyed • Why? • Settlers paid Austin 12.5 cents per acre. Advertising

  5. “No drunkard, no gambler, no profane swearer, no idler” would be allowed in the colony. • Had to become Spanish (later Mexican) citizens. • Had to become Catholic. • Be of good moral character. • Why? Requirements

  6. Established by Andrew Robinson • First settler to move to Texas • Set up a ferry across the Brazos • Would later open a hotel and saloon Washington-on-the-Brazos

  7. March 1822, Austin traveled to San Antonio to report on the progress of the colony. • Discovered that Mexico had won its independence • The new Mexican Government did not recognize the contract Austin had signed with Spain. • Governor Martinez suggested that Austin travel to Mexico City to seek the new government’s approval for his colony. Mexican Independence

  8. Mexican government reluctant to approve Austin’s contract. • 1823, M.G. passed a colonization law allowing for Austin to keep his colony. • Allowed other Americans to receive land grants • Each settler would receive more land than the original contract with Spain • Farmers and ranchers could receive up to 4,605 acres • Austin received 100,000 acres for himself • However, shortly after a new government took power and suspended the colonization law • Only Austin was allowed to go ahead with his colony Austin in Mexico

  9. Settlers left colony due to drought • Land disputes • Karankawas and Tonkawas raided the coastal settlements Early Troubles

  10. Term given to the original 300 families that settled Austin’s colony. • First colonists could select the best land. Old 300

  11. July 1824, San Felipe de Austin First Capital – July 1824

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