MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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Stephen F. Austin
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Sam Houston
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Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
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Detailed explanation-1: -Austin’s father, Moses Austin, to Texas. In 1821, Moses Austin received the first empresario contract from Spain for 300 families.
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: -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-4: -Following Mexico’s independence in 1821, the Mexican government used the empresario system to commission empresarios who could settle Texas. These entrepreneurs coordinated family groups that wanted to settle in Northern Texas. The empresario system offered land grants to settle Catholic families in the region.