1. Essential Question: What problems did the Austin colony face?
Chapter 8 Section 3 Notes
Essential Question: What problems did the Austin colony face?

2. Problem’s in Austin’s colony
drought and Indian attack
Austin set up system of government with a mixture of Mexican and US laws
set up a militia to lead attacks against Indians and tried to establish peace with some Indian groups

3. Old Three Hundred 297 families and single men settled by 1824
known as the Old Three Hundred
most came from southern US (Louisiana)
in enslaved Africans Americans lived among 1,790 colonists

4. Capital of Austin’s Colony
Austin founded San Felipe de Austin in 1824
located in center of colony halfway between coast and the El Camino Real
became largest business center in Texas after San Antonio
Austin acquired contracts for 4 more colonies between

5. Chapter 8 Section 4 Essential Question: What are Empresario’s?

6. Colonization Laws- Mexico passed the National Colonization of 1824
Law allowed each state in Mexico to set its own colonization policies
1824 The Mexican government formed the state of Coahuila y Texas
Baron de Bastrop was first Texas citizen to serve in its government
Coahuila y Texas passed the State Colonization Law of 1825 which opened Texas up to further immigration

7. Empresarios received:
other people followed footsteps of SF Austin and became empresarios (business people who promoted settlement)
Empresarios received:
67,000 acres of land for every 200 families
Settlers did not pay taxes for 10 years
Settlers agreed to become Catholic and Mexican
citizens

8. Other Empresarios- (1) Green DeWitt settled 400 families
-Gonzales was the colony’s main town
-Jose Antonio Navarro was colony’s land commissioner
(2) Martin de Leon settled primarily Mexican settlers
-developed into important ranching center
-Victoria was colony’s main town
-US settlers outnumbered Tejano’s three to one

9. Father of Texas
Stephen F. Austin brought 1500 families to Texas in 1820s
won trust of Mexican officials, Indian leaders, and settlers
became known as the Father of Texas