Spanish Colonial Era/ TX, and Mexcican Independence

Moses Austin

• He was the first man to get permission to be an empresario but died of sickness

• Given permission to settle 400 anglo families and established the city of gonzales

• Brought 41 mexican families but failed due to little people in the colony

• Funded sofa

Green DeWitt

• Founded the first empresario colony of the old 300

• Given permission to settle 400 anglo families and established the city of gonzales

• Brought 41 Mexican families but failed due to little people in the colony

• Funded sofa

Answer explanation

Green = Gonzales

Stephen F Austin (sofa)

• Founded the first empresario colony of the old 300

• Brought 41 Mexican Families to TX but failed due to little people in the colony

• Was the first one with permission to become an empresario but died

• Founded the first empresario colony of the old 300

Martin De Leon

• Helped sofa

• Brought 41 Mexican Families to TX but failed due to little people in the colony

• Funded sofa

• Brought the first colony with the old 300

Hayden Edwards

• Helped sofa

• Funded sofa

• Sofa’s father

• Given permission to settle 400 anglo families and established the city of gonzales

Erasmo Seguin

• Helped Sofa

• Funded Sofa

• Sofa’s dad

• Brought 41 Mexican families but failed due to little people in the colony

Fray Damian Massanet

• Founder of the first spanish mission in east TX

• Priest, advocated for more missions

• Founded most successful missions and set up fransiscan missions (early missionary)

• Father of the lower rio grande Valley, south tx colonizer and founded Nuevo Santander

Francisco Hidalgo

• Founder of the first spanish mission in east TX

• Father of the lower rio grande Valley, south tx colonizer and founded Nuevo Santander

• Priest, advocated for more missions

• Founded most successful missions and set up fransiscan missions (early missionary)

Antonio Margil de Jesus

• Founder of the first spanish mission in east TX

• Father of the lower rio grande Valley, south tx colonizer and founded Nuevo Santander

• Priest, advocated for more missions

• Founded most successful missions and set up fransiscan missions (early missionary)

Jose de Escandon

• Founder of the first spanish mission in east TX

• Father of the lower rio grande Valley, south tx colonizer and founded Nuevo Santander

• Priest, advocated for more missions

• Founded most successful missions and set up fransiscan missions (early missionary)