1. Chapter 8: Americans Settle in Texas Section 1: Moses Austin and Texas

2. Identify some important events taking place around 1820
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Identify some important events taking place around 1820

3. Moses Austin's Texas Dream
June 1798: Moses Austin moves to Missouri (a part of Spanish Louisiana)
Moses Austin

4. Moses Austin's Texas Dream
Mines lead
Becomes a Spanish citizen
Becomes wealthy and part owner of the Bank of St. Louis

5. Moses Austin's Texas Dream
1819: US experiences a financial panic
Financial Panic—an economic crisis

6. Moses Austin's Texas Dream
Panic of 1819 leads to a depression
Depression—period of low economic activity

7. Moses Austin's Texas Dream
Many banks fail, including the Bank of St. Louis
Austin is financially ruined

8. Moses Austin's Texas Dream
Austin had profited in Spanish lands before
Came up with plan to establish a colony of U.S. families in Texas; hoped to regain wealth
Sets out for Texas

9. Moses Austin Goes to Texas
Moses visits his son, Stephen, in Arkansas
Son doubts his father, but gives him $50 and a horse
Stephen F. Austin

10. Moses Austin Goes to Texas
December 23, 1820: Moses arrives at San Antonio
Recent filibuster activity made the Spanish suspicious of Americans

11. Moses Austin Goes to Texas
Governor Antonio María Martínez orders Austin out of San Antonio
Encounters Baron de Bastrop—an old friend

12. Moses Austin Goes to Texas
Bastrop convinces Governor Martínez to allow Austin to stay in San Antonio
Bastrop agrees to help Austin with his efforts

13. Moses Austin Goes to Texas
In the 1820s, Mexico needed a larger population if it was to maintain control of its territory

14. Moses Austin Goes to Texas
Austin had been a loyal Spanish citizen
Colony would improve the economy and help protect the region from Indian attacks and U.S. invasion

15. Moses Austin Goes to Texas
Governor Martínez agrees to urge his superiors to approve Austin’s plan
Austin returns home
Difficult journey

16. Moses Austin Goes to Texas
Health problems
Spring 1821: Receives word that colony was approved—granted the right to settle 300 Catholic families from Louisiana
Became extremely ill and asks wife to write Stephen

17. Why Moses Austin Wanted to Start a Colony
Why Spanish Officials Approved Austin’s Colony