Empresarios

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American who was first to get permission to bring Anglo settlers into Texas and known as the Architect of Empresario System.

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Moses Austin

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Tejano empresario and rancher who mostly recruited settlers from Mexico

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Martín de León

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Founded colony outside modern-day Houston, TX

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Stephen F. Austin

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Created first Anglo-colony in TX

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Stephen F. Austin

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“The Father of Texas”

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Stephen F. Austin

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Founded the town of Gonzales, TX

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Green Dewitt

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Founded the town of Victoria, TX

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Martín de León

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Founded colony near Nacogdoches

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Hayden Edwards

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Tried to break his colony away from Mexico and declared it an independent republic (Fredonia)

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Hayden Edwards

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Mexican Independence

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1821