Philip Nolan Filibuster Mustang trader Spanish thought he

Philip Nolan • Filibuster • Mustang trader • Spanish thought he was a spy for the U. S.

James Long • Doctor who wanted Texas to be independent from Spain so U. S. could take it over • Was imprisoned by the Spanish and shot in jail

Gutierrez-Magee Expedition • Cities they took over – Nacogdoches and San Antonio (La Bahia) • Claimed – Texas was independent from Spain • Battle of Medina – Most of the filibusters in this expedition died.

Gutierrez-Magee Expedition • What was the purpose – By invading Texas, the filibusters could continue the rebellion that Father Hidalgo started

Spanish Government • Suspicious of United States? – Unites State bought Louisiana purchase – Mexico thought U. S. wanted to take over Texas

Moses Austin • First American to make a deal with Spanish Government. • Wanted to move American families into Mexican owned Texas

Erasmo Seguin • Helped Moses Austin make deal with Spanish • Represented Texas in the Mexican constitutional convention

Stephen F. Austin • Son of Moses Austin • Completed his fathers agreement • Brought families from United States to live in Texas • Most successful empresario

The Old 300 • First 300 American families brought to live in Texas. • Stephen F. Austin brought these families

Green Dewitt • 2 nd most successful empresario • Established the town of Gonzales

Martin De. Leon • Only successful Mexican empresario • Established the town of Victoria

1821 • Mexico was independent from Spain • Stephen F. Austin brought the first 300 American families to Texas.

Mexican Federal Constitution • 1824 • Constitution written after Mexico was independent from Spain • Declared the official religion catholic

State Colonization law • 1825 • Limited the amount of land one person could own to 48, 507 acres • Could not build settlements near coast or international border • You could not own land unless you were going to live their permanently

Where were settlements built • Region – Coastal plains • Near – rivers

Why did people move to Texas • Cheap land • More opportunity • Could bring slaves with them

Father Hidalgo Y Castillo • Called for a revolution against Spain • Believed Mexico should be independent from Spain