FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Moses Austin
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Stephen F. Austin
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Green DeWitt
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Erasmo Seguin
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 2nd most successful empresario settled north of Martin de Leon. Martin De Leon’s capitol was Victoria located South of Green DeWitt’s capitol Gonzales who was the second most successful empresario in Texas. Martin de Leon, native of Mexico brought 200 families to settle by the Sabine River in 1829.
Detailed explanation-2: -Stephen F. Austin was the most successful of all the empresarios in Texas. In addition to overseeing his father’s original contract, he received additional contracts in 1825, 1827, and 1828, distributing about 4 million acres to 1, 200 families.
Detailed explanation-3: -Green DeWitt (February 12, 1787 – May 18, 1835) was an empresario in Mexican Texas. He brought families from the United States to what is now South-central Texas and founded the DeWitt Colony.