Stephen Austin The Father Of Texas
2/14/17
Period 1
Liam Clark
Stephen Austin was the first person to create a American colony in the Tejas province of Mexico.
Stephen Austin was born in south western Virginia and when he was five his family moved to Missouri. He attended schooling at Yale college for four year’s he later returned to Missouri where he became a storekeeper, manager of the family lead mining company, and a failed bank director. In 1820 the governor of Arkansas appointed him as a circuit judge.
Stephen Austin's father Moses Austin took steps towards establishing an American colony in the Tejas province in 1820 he traveled to San Antonio and petitioned for a land grant in 1821 he received approval to settle 300 American families on 200,000 acres of land but Moses Austin died before completing his plans and the colony fell to Stephen Austin. Austin decided on a site on the lower Colorado and Brazos rivers, his colonist settled there in January in 1822. Almost instantaneously he faced opposition from the newly independent Mexican government, which refused his father's grant since it was made under Spanish charter. Austin traveled to Mexico city to correct …show more content…
Austin had a complex and difficult position as intermediary between his colonists and the Mexican government as empresario he was responsible for immigration, establishing judicial and law enforcing system,
Allocating land according to accurate surveys, and supervising the creation of basic social infrastructure. Despite growing friction between the American immigrants and Mexican government Austin believed that most disputes could be resolved within the Mexican system.
He sought to ally with Mexican liberals seeking a limited but efficient government and the separation of church and state. His efforts to solve the problems was however
2/14/17
Period 1
Liam Clark
Stephen Austin was the first person to create a American colony in the Tejas province of Mexico.
Stephen Austin was born in south western Virginia and when he was five his family moved to Missouri. He attended schooling at Yale college for four year’s he later returned to Missouri where he became a storekeeper, manager of the family lead mining company, and a failed bank director. In 1820 the governor of Arkansas appointed him as a circuit judge.
Stephen Austin's father Moses Austin took steps towards establishing an American colony in the Tejas province in 1820 he traveled to San Antonio and petitioned for a land grant in 1821 he received approval to settle 300 American families on 200,000 acres of land but Moses Austin died before completing his plans and the colony fell to Stephen Austin. Austin decided on a site on the lower Colorado and Brazos rivers, his colonist settled there in January in 1822. Almost instantaneously he faced opposition from the newly independent Mexican government, which refused his father's grant since it was made under Spanish charter. Austin traveled to Mexico city to correct …show more content…
Austin had a complex and difficult position as intermediary between his colonists and the Mexican government as empresario he was responsible for immigration, establishing judicial and law enforcing system,
Allocating land according to accurate surveys, and supervising the creation of basic social infrastructure. Despite growing friction between the American immigrants and Mexican government Austin believed that most disputes could be resolved within the Mexican system.
He sought to ally with Mexican liberals seeking a limited but efficient government and the separation of church and state. His efforts to solve the problems was however