Pg 49 – Unit 5 Mexican National Period Table of Contents – Page 50 Pg. 51-52 – Unit 5 Vocab Pg. 53 – Moses and Stephen F. Austin Notes Pg. 54 – Austin Letters Pg. 55 – My Austin Letter Pg. 56 – TX Travelers and Things They Took Pg. 57 – Economics and History Pg. 58 - TX Colonization/Cartoon Pg. 59 – Other Empresarios to Texas

Moses Austin & Stephen F. Austin Chapter 5: Colonization of Texas Moses Austin & Stephen F. Austin

Moses Austin Business man who had many failed ventures in the U.S.A Wanted to start fresh in the West Granted permission from Spain and given a sitio (4.428 acre plot of land) Officially became a Spanish citizen

Moses Austin (continued) Moses started a bank that failed due to speculators - (those who buy cheap and sell high) Traveled to Texas to get more land from the Spanish This plan was approved but he got sick on the voyage back home He died on June 10, 1821 but his son Stephen F. Austin would carry out his plan for settling Texas

Stephen F. Austin Started out for Texas at 27 years old Chose land between the Colorado and Brazos Rivers- good for agriculture He began rounding up settlers under the following conditions: Pledge loyalty to Mexico not America Become Roman Catholic Follow the strict rules of the colony

STOP – Austin Letters Activity

Stephen F. Austin’s Colony and the Old 300

Settlement Begins Lively – ship that carried settlers and supplies to the Colorado River Sailed on Nov. 20, 1821 Lively wrecked near Galveston Supplies and settlers were lost The first settlers brought slaves Austin disliked slavery, but colonists would not come to Texas without them.

Problems in the Colony Austin gone for 1 year Drought Karankawas – saw colonists as intruders Several colonists were killed Colony size decreased Settlers organized a militia to protect the colonists from Indian attacks

The Old Three Hundred Call for new settlers 1824 – almost 300 families 1,347 white people 443 slaves Most colonists were from the Southern U.S. The old 300 are the first 300 families to TX But, only 297 received grants for land

Women of the Colony Jane Long Wife of James Long (filibuster) “Mother of Texas” Received land grant in Fort Bend Opened a hotel

Mary Crownover Rabb 1823 9 kids Travels and Adventures in Texas in the 1820’s (book about her memories along the Brazos River)

Time Out! Recall Who were the Old 300? What challenges did settlers in Austin’s colony face? Who was known as the “Mother of Texas” and why? What is a militia?

STOP – Texas Travelers and Things They Took

Life in the Colony Women cooked and cleaned Build fires Make soap Made clothes Watch kids Lived in log cabins with dirt floors Had to bring everything with you (wagon) Almost no crime Peace with neighboring Indians

San Felipe de Austin 1823 – town created at heart of colony Near present-day Sealy San Felipe de la Garza (MX Governor) suggested the name Called the town San Felipe Housed the government offices of the colony SFA conducted his business there

Overall Achievements of Austin Austin had lots of power in Texas Helped settlers Served as a link between settlers and MX Gov’t Austin wrote…“I owe loyalty and gratitude to Mexico.” Austin won 3 more contracts for more than 900 families Most successful Empresario in Texas

Time Out! Sequencing Put the following in chronological order: The Lively sails from New Orleans. Stephen F. Austin travels to Mexico City. Jane Long arrives in Austin’s colony. Stephen F. Austin founds San Felipe de Austin.