AGE OF EMPRESARIOS

1820

1821

• Spain approves Moses Austin's request to bring American settlers to texas.
• Moses Austin dies.
• Stephen F. Austin takes up his father's cause.
• American settlers begin arriving in Texas.

1822

• Stephen F. Austin travels to Mexico City.

1823

• The Mexican congress passes a general colonization law.
• Stephen F. Austin is given a contract to settle 300 families.

1824

• Mexico adopts a constitution and becomes a republic.
• Texas and Coahuila become one state
• San Felipe de Austin becomes the capital of Austin's colony.

1825

• Stephen F. Austin largely completes his contract to bring 300 settlers to Texas.
• A new state colonization law allows foreigners to settle in Texas.
• Green Dewitt receives permission to settle 400 families in Texas.

1827

• Stephen F. Austin is granted a third contract.