Empresarios and New Settlers

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A land grant is...

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an area of land given by the government

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How were empresarios paid for their work?

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They were paid with large grants of land.

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Who is known as the "Father of Texas"?

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Stephen F. Austin

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True or False? Stephen F. Austin was the first American empresario to colonize Texas.

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True

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An empresario is...

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A person who was responsible for dividing up land and selling it to American settlers.

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Austin's first colony was established between which two Rivers? Red and Guadaloupe, Red and Rio Grande, Colorado River and Rio Grande, Colorado River and Brazos River

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Colorado River and Brazos River

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The name of Stephen F Austin's first colony was: Texas, San Felipe de Austin, Gonzales, Victoria

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San Felipe de Austin

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What does G.T.T stand for?

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Gone To Texas

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Why wasn't Moses able to follow through with his plan to begin a colony in Texas?

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He died

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Why did Moses decide to travel to Texas?

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To get permission from the governor to bring 300 families to Texas.