martin de leon developed the first anglo colony in mexican texas.
martin de leon developed the first anglo colony in mexican texas.
who developed the first anglo colony in mexican texas?
martin de leon
approximately 3420 land grant applications were submitted by immigrants and naturalized citizens, many of them anglo-americans. the first group of colonists, known as the old three hundred, arrived in 1822 to settle an empresarial grant that had been given to stephen f. austin by the spanish. the group settled along the brazos river, ranging from the near present-day houston to dallas. shortly after they arrived, austin learned that the new mexican government had not ratified his father's land grant with spain. he was forced to travel to mexico city, 1,200 miles (1,931 km) away, to get permission for his colony. during his time in the capitol, austin impressed various important people in the government by offering to draw a map of texas, to help remove sediment obstructing navigation of the colorado river, and by promising to carry out an indian pacification campaign. on february 18, 1823, ten months after austin arrived in mexico city, agustin i approved his colonization contract. one month later, agustin abdicated as emperor, and the newly created republican congress nullified all acts of his government, including austin's colonization contract. many of austin's new friends in mexico praised his integrity before the congress, and his contract was re-approved in mid-april. on his return to texas in july 1823, austin established san felipe de austin as the new headquarters for his colony.
mexican texas
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mexican texas is the historiographical name used to refer to the era of texan history between 1821 and 1836, when it was part of mexico. mexico gained independence from spain in 1821 after winning its war. initially, mexican texas operated similarly to spanish texas. ratification of the 1824 constitution of mexico created a federal structure, and the province of tejas was joined with the province of coahuila to form the state of coahuila y tejas.
mexican texas