Colonists Come to Texas Review

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This person served many years as postmaster for San Antonio.

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Erasmo Seguin

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This person was an American businessman who got permission from the Spanish governor to start a colony of 300 families in Texas.

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Moses Austin

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This person, a publisher and inventor, became famous and wealthy by creating condensed milk.

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Gail Borden

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This person is known today as the "Father of Texas" because he started the first Anglo American colony in Texas.

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Stephen F. Austin

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This person helped write the constitution of the Republic of Texas and was its first vice president.

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Lorenzo de Zavala

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This person was the Spanish governor who agreed that an American businessman could start a colony.

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Antonio Maria Martinez

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Who founded the town of Victoria on the Guadalupe River?

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Martin de Leon

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This person is known today as the "Mother of Texas."

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Jane Long

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This person started a school in the only colony in Texas that was almost entirely Mexican.

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Patricia de la Garza de Leon

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This person gave a speech remembered as "el Grito de Dolores." The speech called for a government that was fair to all people. I started a revolution.

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Father Miguel Hidalgo