Stephen Fuller Austin: A Texan Hero

Stephen, despite being in shock but wanting to honor his dad, went anyway to San Antonio to give the loan for the enterprise. He arrived in August 1821, and the governor allowed Stephen to colonize under his dad’s grant. Stephen headed back to New Orleans where he got the terms published and was telling colonists where his colony would be located (on the Brazos and Colorado rivers). In the month of December of the same year, Stephen found out that Mexico did not approve the grant, because it did not fall under the general immigration law. Hearing this, Stephen went to Mexico City to fulfill the law. On January 3,1823 the law was fulfilled, and within the years 1825-1828, Stephen had settled 900 families in addition to his 300. In the year of 1830, congress prohibited immigration. Stephen tried to tell colonists about the evils of slavery but failed. Under the law of 1833, Texas had to be a slave state, and because Texas was now a slave state, it had problems with Mexico. Stephen F. Austin then held the Convention of 1833 in hopes of fixing the problems with Mexico. Much happened at the Convention of 1833, because Texas wanted its own independence, but Mexico refused. This led to a fight for independence. On October the 2nd, 1835 the battle of Gonzales took place. Stephen F. Austin was elected to command the volunteers there to help Texas go into battle. Texas won in the

In 1820 the Spanish who controlled Texas granted Moses Austin, Stephen F Austin’s father, permission to bring a number of American settlers to Texas but he died before he was able to. (http://www.tsl.texas.gov/treasure/giants/austin-1823plan-1.html) So Stephen lead the colonization of Texas. He was a settler and was eager and patient. He learned Spanish and

They stopped further immigration into Texas from the U.S. They decided to free Negro slaves as Americans had brought many African American slaves. Slavery was illegal in Mexico, but the settlers brought slaves. Then Americans did not like this, so they did do something to Mexican government. They had a Texas revolution against Mexicans.

In the 1830’s, Texas fought for their independence from Mexico. This sparked the Mexican revolution. There were three main reasons why Texans wanted independence: Mexico outlawed slavery, high taxes, and the Mexicans wanted everyone to join the Catholic Church. One of the major players in Texas was Stephen Austin. He had 300 land grants which he gave to the Texans. After some time, Stephen Austin went all the way to Mexico to present petitions for a greater self-governing government for Texas. Even though Stephen Austin was known as the father of Texas, the President of Mexico harshly denied his request.

     The Alamo first saw action when General Cos landed at Copano, and headed to San Antonio to meet up with Colonel Ugartechea. By now war was on everyone’s mind and many events prior to Cos marching toward San Antonio set the playing field for war, but not everyone really was for it,..... at least not yet. Meanwhile, in Gonzales the revolution had started over a cannon that the settlers would not give up. This is also were the phrase “come and take it!” was born. What had happen was Ugartechea sent a lieutenant with some men to unarm a group of colonist who had a cannon at their disposal in Gonzales. What the Mexican’s did not count on was that in the end they would be sent running off to San Antonio after being repulsed by the colonists. Now the colonists formed a small army to March on Cos and his men, which the settlers wanted out of Texas for good. As Lord points out Cos would be ready for the settlers in San Antonio. Lord also points out how the mission in San Antonio got its name, Lord states that the mission once held a colonial company from the Alamo de Parras in Mexico, and that the named carried over and was shortened to just being called the Alamo.

Although he went against the norms of society by accepting the Cherokee, he had an outgoing personality that attracted others and he was elected continuously. The same year he became a lawyer (1818), he became a district attorney of the District of Nashville. In 1823 and 1825, he was elected to Congress-twice. In 1827, he became the Tennessee governor. He was also elected commander in chief in 1836 of the ad interim for the army of Texas. He was even chosen as the first president of the Republic of Texas of 1836, and he was again elected five years later in 1841. Houston was voted to become the Texas state senator from 1849-1859, for ten years. He was also the Texas state governor from 1859-1861. There was literally no time between the periods that Houston was elected for the multiple positions he held. His decision were worthy to Texas and they were justified. Even today, there are many monuments honoring Same Houston and his actions, such as the stature in Huntsville, Texas. The citizens of Texas were typically in his favor, but the Mexicans were not because of his skills and

The constitution of the state of Coahuila y Tejas established very little immigration restriction from United States to attract settlers, this was restricted after Santa Anna took power which caused tension between Mexcio and Texas because immigrants from US expected certain rights that was provided under US Constitution

For example, knowing that these Anglo-American brought slaves to Texas, the Mexican government passed a law that abolished slavery in their territory. They also “prohibited further American immigration into Texas.” However, Mexicans in Texas supported the white settlers, as these white settlers have been the main source that helped their economy flourished in the past

First essay explains how many people became to settle into Texas. The relationship Between Stephen F. Austin and the patriarch of the Seguin family succeed in Bring Texas immigrants into to Texas. Austin convinced the Mexican Government to uphold their contract to the Spanish regime. Under that law Under that contract 67,000 acres of land for every 200 families to come into the colonies. The families would be clear of debt the incurred in the United States. Throughout the negotiations of the colonies. Austin created friendship among the

The Anglo-American settlers in Texas saw themselves as Americans. They felt they were superior to the Mexicans, and because of this they tried to undermine the Mexican government.

Stephen Austin was born on the Third of November in the year of 1793 at Austinville, Virginia. His family was one that made their wealth through the booming industry of lead mining. When he became fourteen years old, Austin went to study at Transylvania University in Kentucky; after two and a half years of study, he would never finish as his father needed his assistance to run his store. Also, this experience in running a store would provide Stephen F. Austin with “the excellent business habits and knowledge of human nature,” which would be useful for his future career as well as the title as the Father of Texas (Father of Texas, 14). His experience from this métier would be necessary for the formation of

Texas Revolution, a rebellion in late 1835 and early 1836 by residents of Texas, then a part of northern Mexico, against the Mexican government and military. The rebellion led to the establishment of the independent Republic of Texas. The short-lived republic was annexed by the United States as a state in 1845. These events were among the causes of the Mexican War between the United States and Mexico, after which Mexico relinquished all claims to Texas and much of the present-day southwestern United States.

Sam Houston was born on March 2,1793 at the Timber Ridge Plantation in Rockbridge, Virginia. Houston became a lawyer, congressman and senator in Tennessee. After moving to Texas in 1832, he joined the growing conflict between U.S. settlers and the Mexican government and became commander of the local army. On April 21, 1836, Houston and his men defeated Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna at San Jacinto war to secure Texan independence from Mexico. He was voted president, on this day, Sam Houston had been elected president of the Republic of Texas, which earned its independence from Mexico in a successful military rebellion in 1836. Then served as a senator after Texas became a state in 1845. Despite his pro-slavery views, he believed

Moses Austin would not live to see it come to fruition as he was attacked my highway men and died shortly thereafter. That would fall on his son, Stephen F. Austin, who is often referred to as the “Father of Texas”. Austin and the other settlers were drawn to the territory by grants and deferred taxation provided by the Spanish government; however, in 1821 Mexico declared independence from Spain. Austin was concerned that the new independent Mexican government would not recognize the previous arrangements made with his father. He would have to travel all the way to Mexico City to make his case, and in 1823 the Mexican Congress confirmed Austin’s grant.

While Texas leader Stephen Austin initially had no contempt toward Mexicans, the Anglo-American citizens in the area did. The American Texans of the 1800’s defined Mexicans as “a race alien to everything that Americans held dear” (De Leon 4). This sentiment would serve as the primary catalyst to the Texas secession from Mexico. When Austin began colonizing the area, he envisioned a place in which Anglo-Americans and Tejanos, Mexicans living in Texas, could live together. Eventually, though, the public opinions of North American settlers in the territory and in Washington would make him realize that the goal of unity between the two groups was impossible.