HISTORY-EMPRESARIO

1820

1821

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

1822

• Stephen F. Austin travels to Mexico City

1823

• Mexico passes general colonization law
• Stephen F. Austin is given a contract to settle 300 families (The Old 300)

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
• Greene DeWitt receive's permission to settle 400 families in Texas

1827