Transcript Age of Empresarios Stephen F. Austin

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Moses Austin
Stephen F. Austin
• Age of Empresarios
• Stephen F. Austin
• Moses Austin became bankrupt in the United States
financial panic of 1819. He decided to try to become an
empresario under the Spanish flag. Spain had ruled
Texas for nearly three hundred years and had been
against immigration due to fear of filibusters. Moses
Austin traveled with his slave Richmond to Mexico City
to talk with Governor Antonio Martinez about his new
carrier. Moses Austin colonization plan was rejected at
first by Governor Martinez.
• Baron De Bastrop a friend of Moses Austin and
Governor Martinez helped Moses convince
Spain to allow immigration from the United
States. He said that immigration and settlement
of Texas would help Spain’s economy and the
settlers would act as a buffer from Indian attacks
on Mexico City, the capitol of New Spain. Moses
Austin dies of pneumonia so his son travels with
Erasmo Seguin to Mexico City to get the
empresario contract switched to his name
• Governor Antonio Martinez agrees to allow
Stephen F. Austin to become an empresario.
Stephen Austin selects the area between the
Brazos and Colorado rivers for his first contract
as an empresario. He chose this area because it
was further away from the Comanche’s, rich soil,
near rivers, great hunting and by the Gulf of
Mexico which allowed him to have a port.
Joseph Hawkins a friend of Stephen Austin
loaned him 4000 dollars to help get supplies and
a ship called the Lively for his new settlement .
• The Lively sinks at Galveston on its second
voyage. In 1821 Mexico receives their
independence from Spain and Stephen F. Austin
is able to keep the empresario contract under
this new country Mexico. In order to come live in
Texas under the Mexican flag you had to
promise to obey Mexican law and be Roman
Catholic. Settlers came to live in Texas for
adventure, but also land was cheap, 12.5 cents
an acre. Most people who came to live in Texas
came from the Southern part of the United
States and they brought their slaves with them.
• From 1821 through 1827 relationships were
good between Mexico and Texas. Mexico
allowed others to become empresarios and the
population of Texas increased during this time
period. In 1823 Emperor Agustin de Iturbide was
overthrown by the Federalists who believed that
the national government and the states should
share the power. The Federalist wrote the new
constitution of 1824 for Mexico.
• Stephen F. Austin was given 100,000 acres of
land for being an empresario. He was appointed
judge of his colony and was allowed to have a
militia to help protect his area between the
Brazos and Colorado rivers. The first families to
Stephen F. Austin’s colony are revered to as the
Old Three Hundred. Stephen Austin is called the
Father of Texas because he brought the first
settlers from the United States to live in Texas
under the Mexican flag.
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Financial Panic of 1819 United States
Empresario under Spanish flag
Spain 300 years against immigration
Spain fearful of filibusters
Moses Austin and Slave Richmond travel to
Mexico City capitol of New Spain
• Viceroy or Governor Martinez rejects empresario
contract
• Bareon De Bastop convince governor Martinez
to allow empresario contract
• Moses Austin dies of pneumonia
• Stephen Austin travels with Erasmo Seguin a
San Antonio citizen to Mexico City to see
governor to get contract switched to his name
• Governor allows empresario contract to be
switched to Stephen Austin
• Stephen Austin chooses area between Brazos
and Colorado Rivers for his first colony
• Old Three Hundred were the first families
to Stephen Austin’s colony
• Joseph Hawkins loans Stephen Austin
money to buy supplies and ship called the
Lively
• Militia a group of citizens who are like an
army but serve only when needed
• Mexico Independence 1821
• Believed power should be concentrated in
the national government
• The Centralists support Emperor Agustin
de Iturbide to be Mexican leader
• Federalists believe power should be
shared between the states and national
government
• 1823 Emperor Iturbide is overthrown by
the Federalists
• Federalist write the Mexican constitution
on 1824
• An individual who carries
out rebellious activities in a
foreign country
• The Spanish word for a land
agent whose job it was to bring
in new settlers to an area and
arrange business transactions
• A request
• Measure for size and for
boundaries
• Proof of ownership
• The edge of settlement
• A shield
• Native Mexicans living in
Texas
• A person who settled on land
without a title to it
• A group of citizens who act like
an army but serve only when
needed
• Law making body
• Believed power should be
concentrated in the national
government
• Believed power should be
shared between states and
national government
• Government center of Stephen
F. Austin’s colony
• The capital of the state of
Coahulia y Texas
• Friend of Moses Austin and
representative to the Coahuila
and Texas legislature
• VOCABULARY
• Filibuster- an individual who carries out
rebellious activities in a foreign country
• Empresario- the Spanish word for a land agent
whose job it was to bring in new settlers to an
area and arrange business transactions
• Petition- a request
• Survey- measure for size and for boundaries
• Title- proof of ownership
• Frontier- the edge of settlement
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VOCABULARY
Buffer- a shield
Tejanos- native Mexicans living in Texas
Squatter- a person who settled on land without a title to
it
Militia- a group of citizens who are like an army but
serve only when needed
Legislature- law making body
Centralists- believed power should be concentrated in
the national government
Federalists- believed power should be shared between
the states and national government
• San Felipe de Austin- government center of
Stephens Austin’s colony
• Saltillo- the capital of the state of Coahulia y
Tejas
• Sterling Robertson- leader of the Nashville
Company who opposed land claims of Austin
• Baron de Bastrop- friend of Moses Austin and
representative to the Coahuila and Texas
legislature
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THE SIX FLAGS OF TEXAS
Spain
France
Mexico
Republic
United States
Confederacy
QUIZ
• LIVELY
What was the name of Stephen Austin’s
ship that brought supplies to Texas?
• 1821
What year did Mexico receive its
independence from Spain?
QUIZ
• Brazos and Colorado
What were the border rivers of Stephen
F. Austin’s Colony?
• Old Three Hundred
What were the first settlers to Stephen
Austin’s colony called?
QUIZ
• Joseph Hawkins
What was the name of the person that
loaned Stephen Austin money to buy
supplies and the ship called the
Lively?
• Petition
What vocabulary word means a request?
QUIZ
• Title
What vocabulary word means proof of
ownership?
• Squatter
What do we call a person who
settled on the land without a title
to the land?
QUIZ
• Empresario
What is the term used by the
Mexicans to describe
businesspeople who brought in
settlers?
• Buffer
What vocabulary word means a
shield?
QUIZ
• Frontier
What word means the edge of
settlement?
• Tejanos
What word means a native
Mexican living in Texas?
QUIZ
• Legislature
What vocabulary word means a
law making body?
• Militia
What do we call a group of people
who are like an army but serve only
when needed?
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