FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Vaqueros
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Missionaries
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Empresarios
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Peninsulares
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Detailed explanation-1: -Stephen F. Austin (1821) – first American to recruit and settle Americans in Texas/Mexico. He settled 300 families known as “the Old Three Hundred” in his first Texas colony. Known as the most important empresario.
Detailed explanation-2: -Land agents called empresarios made the arrangements for bringing settlers to a new colony. Empresario Stephen F. Austin needed to let prospective colonists know that coming to Mexican Texas was possible.
Detailed explanation-3: -Another successful empresario during the Mexican period was Martín de León who, in 1824, made an agreement with the Mexican government to bring Mexican families of good moral character to Texas. In 1829, he contracted to bring another 150 families and settle them along the coast.
Detailed explanation-4: -Outstanding Texas empresarios included Stephen F. Austin, Samuel May Williams, Green DeWitt, Martín De León, Haden Edwards, Sterling C.
Detailed explanation-5: -Austin’s Colony was the first and largest Anglo-American settlement in Mexican Texas and was established by Stephen F. Austin in 1821. It was authorized by the Mexican government and allowed for the introduction of 300 families into Texas.