History

Anglos

Settlers from the United States.

Buffer

A zone of protection.

Republic

A government (place) which people elect leaders

The state colonization law of 1825

Opened Texas to immigration.

Empresario

Business people who promoted settlement.

The Federal Constitution of 1824

Established Mexico as a republic.

Old 300

The first group of 297 families granted land by Stephen F. Austin to settle in Texas.

Served as middle man for Austin and Governor Martinez.

Baron De Bastrop

Came to Texas to get permission to establish a colony after two businesses failed.

Moses Austin

An empresario who established a colony primarily of Mexican settlers.

Martin De Leon

A widow who was a part of the Old 300.

Jane Long

A successful empresario who received a contract to settle 400 families in a colony along the Guadalupe River.

Green Dewitt

Represented Texas during the constitutional assembly to create a new constitution for Mexico.

Erasmo Seguin

A judge who wore a wooden peg and later helped form the Texas court system.

Robert Williamson

Served as Austin's colonial secretary.

Samuel May Williams

Where most of the Old 300 came from

Louisiana.

Where Moses Austin lived when his bank failed

Missouri.

The capital of Stephen F. Austin’s original colony

San Felipe.

The main town of the little colony

Bastrop.

The province united with Texas

Coahuila.

How did SFA and other empresarios affect settlement in Texas?

They influenced migration.

Explain the problems that affected settlers in Austin's original colony

They faced conflicts and harsh conditions.

What were the guidelines for Austin's colony?

Catholicism, Good person, and follow Mexican laws.