AngloAmerican Colonization Study Guide Reasons for Anglo colonization

Anglo-American Colonization Study Guide Reasons for Anglo colonization Cheap land, escape your debts, adventure, start over again, good farming land Requirements for Anglo Colonization Be or become Catholic, swear loyalty to Spain/Mexico, had to be of good moral character Learn to Speak Spanish Moses Austin Wanted to bring 300 American families to Texas to get out of debt and gives the task to his son Stephen F. Austin Why is 1821 an important date in Texas History? Stephen F. Austin brings the 1 st 300 Anglo American families to settle in Texas Mexico gets independence from Spain Settlement patterns of Anglo Americans Settled in East Texas Coastal Plains because it was close to the US, good soil for farming, plenty of rainfall, lots of rivers Anglo vs. Spanish methods for colonizing Stephen F. Austin *Spain colonized Texas to keep the French out, missions and presidios *Anglos wanted cheap land, came as individual families w/ the help of empresarios. Built colonies. 1 st empresario, brought the Old 300, most successful empresario, and carried out his father’s dream Empresarios Land agents: Stephen F. Austin, Hayden Edwards, Greene De. Witt, Martin De. Leon, Lorenzo De Zavala Mexican Constitution of 1824 Was a State’s Rights Federalist Constitution, more local control, states have more power than national government