FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Filibusters
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Empresarios
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Colonists
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The French
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Detailed explanation-1: -Outstanding Texas empresarios included Stephen F. Austin, Samuel May Williams, Green DeWitt, Martín De León, Haden Edwards, Sterling C. Robertson, James Power, James Hewetson, John McMullen, James McGloin, and Arthur G. Wavell.
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: -One of the most famous empresarios, Stephen F. Austin, brought 300 families to settle Texas – a group sometimes referred to as the “Old Three Hundred.” The tracts offered were vast – 4, 605 acres for each family. As empresario, Austin would be compensated with an even larger parcel of land.