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Chapter 7

Chapter 7. Age of Empresarios Texas under Mexican Rule 1821-1836. Spanish, later Mexican reasons: Needed land to be populated Wanted more agriculture, towns, trade and the arts Set up system of empresarios (Contractors) to encourage settlement. American reasons: Land cheaper in Texas

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Chapter 7

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  1. Chapter 7 Age of Empresarios Texas under Mexican Rule 1821-1836

  2. Spanish, later Mexican reasons: Needed land to be populated Wanted more agriculture, towns, trade and the arts Set up system of empresarios (Contractors) to encourage settlement American reasons: Land cheaper in Texas Got more land, better opportunity for prospering good land available Crop practices exhausted soil Reasons for migration to Texas

  3. Requirements for immigration to Texas • Good moral character • Become Catholic • Settlers formed militia • Payment for the land G.T.T.

  4. An amount of land: Amounts varied: livestock raising allowed more land than farming Land was surveyed at the expense of the empresario (Measured in varas and leagues) “title” or a legal document giving them proof of ownership to the land What did the settlers receive?

  5. Who were the Empresarios? • Moses Austin:1821 • Spain gave him contract to settle a Colony of 300 families • Died shortly after contract established • Spain became Mexico

  6. Stephen F. Austin • Travelled to Mexico City • Mexico was now independent. • Spent a year in Mexico City waiting for confirmation • Mexican Colonization laws had to be written by the Mexican Congress • Mexico was still in turmoil over what kind of government it would have: Centralized or Federal

  7. Stephen F. Austin • Moses Austin’s son • Came to Tx to settle father’s affairs • Decided to continue Austin Colony • Question: would Mexico honor his father’s contract with Spain?

  8. Austin Colony • Located between the Brazos and Colorado Rivers • Included Gulf Coast land • Rich soil for crops • Water sources available • Timber for building • Moderate climate • Settled the “Old Three Hundred” – Texas first Anglo settlers allowed by Mexico.

  9. Map of Coahuila y Texas

  10. Map of Mexico

  11. Map with Mexican States 1825

  12. Other Empresarios: Green DeWitt: 2nd most successful empresario Settled 400 families in his colony, west of Austin’s colony

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