Empresarios

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American who was first to get permission to bring Anglo settlers into Texas.

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Moses Austin

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Dutch businessman who helped the Austins establish a colony in Texas

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Baron de Bastrop

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Tejano empresario and rancher

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Martín de León

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merged state formed by the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824.

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Coahuila y Texas

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Where did most of the Old Three Hundred come from in the United States, and what did they have in common?

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southern United States; mainly farmers, many slaveholders, fairly well educated, lawful

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What was the capital of Austin’s first colony, and how did Austin expand his colonization efforts in Texas?

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San Felipe de Austin; eventually established four more colonies

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How did Austin and the other empresarios affect settlement in Texas?

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They brought many immigrants, particularly Anglos, to Texas; established colonies and towns

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How did Mexico’s Federal Constitution of 1824 bring changes to Texas?

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It merged Texas with Coahuila, resulting in less self-government by Texans.

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Which statement about the Mission System and the Empresario System is false? Options: Both were meant to increase settlement and control of Texas. The Mission System was headed by church and government and was also meant to convert American Indians to Catholicism. The Empresario System was run by individual businessmen and there was no effort to convert Indians. The Mission System was more successful than the Empresario System.

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The Mission System was more successful than the Empresario System.

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Why has Stephen F. Austin been called the Father of Texas?

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He was the first leader to successfully establish an Anglo colony in Texas, and the Anglos eventually came to dominate Texas government and society.