1. Americans Settle in Texas:
Moses Austin and Texas
Wayne Davidson M. Ed
Da Vinci School for Science and the Arts

2. Identify some important events taking place around 1820
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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
Moses Austin is a miner by trade (lead)
Becomes a Spanish citizen.
Becomes wealthy and part owner of the Bank of St. Louis.

5. Moses Austin's Texas Dream
1819:The U.S. experiences a financial panic.
Financial Panic-an economic crisis

6. Moses Austin's Texas Dream
Panic of 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 Stephen doubts his father, but gives him $50 and a horse, so he can go to Texas to pursue his dream.
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 Maria Martinez orders Austin out of San Antonio
Encounters Baron de Bastrop-an old friend.

12. Moses Austin Goes to Texas
Bastrop convinces Governor Martinez 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.
A colony would improve the economy and help protect the region from Indian attacks and U.S. invasion.

15. Moses Austin Goes to Texas
Governor Martinez agrees to urge his superiors to approve Austin's plan
Austin returns home.
His return home is a difficult journey.

16. Moses Austin Goes to Texas
Health problems (Heart &Tuberculosis)
Spring 1821: Receives word that his colony was approved-Moses Austin is granted the right to settle 300 Catholic families from Louisiana in Mexican Texas.
He becomes extremely ill and asks his wife to write Stephen.