USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After Moses Austin’s death in 1821, Stephen Austin won recognition of the empresario grant from the newly independent nation of Mexico. Austin attracted numerous Anglo-American settlers to move to Texas, and by 1825 Austin had brought the first 300 American families into the territory.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Sugar Land’s roots extend back to the first 300 settlers who came to Texas in the 1820’s with Stephen F. Austin, the “Father of Texas.” The northern territory of Mexico, Austin negotiated a grant with the Mexican government to bring 300 colonists to settle a large area of land between the San Antonio and Brazos Rivers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stephen F. Austin is known as the father of Texas because he settled the Old 300, the first wave of Anglo-American families to settle in Texas.

Detailed explanation-5: -Stephen Austin was an empresario = agent to bring settlers to Texas. Stephen Austin brought the first 300 families to Texas-known as the Old Three Hundred. By 1830, 25, 000 Americans were living in Texas. They were required to become Mexican citizens and become Catholic.