Stefen F Austin...born 3 Nov 1793 in Southwest Virjinya
died 27 Nov 1836 in Texas from kold or numoenya
Father=Moeses Austin mined for led in mountins
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1813: (aej=21) elekted tu Missouri territory lawmake body
1819: Moeses advertise in NuOrleens for kolonists tu gotu Texas
1820: father, Moeses got Mexiko tu agree tu let him bring setlers tu Texas
Father die on 10 June 1821. Stefen go from Luisiana tu Texas
1821: 12 Aug 1821, Stefen talk tu Tejas guvner Antonio M Martinez.
Em setup tentativ agreement tu giv land tu immigrants:
640 akers tu hed av houshold
320 eech for wife & eech kid
kolonists gotta pae 0.125 $/aker for land
1821:first av Austin's kolonists kum, bi ship
3 Jan 1823: Mexikan guvt in Mexiko Sitee apruve laws wich giv 4,600 akers tu houshold hed
It inklude agents (Empresarios) hu get 67,000 akers for eech 200 famlees em
bring tu Texas. It dont inklude NE munee (fees) for the agent.
April 1823: Mexikan diktater Iturbide flee, nu guvt in Mexiko sitee chaenj the law bout immigrants
Austin gotu Mexiko Sitee & talk nu guvt intu nu agree for setlers tu kum tu Texas
Austin get 67,000 akers (270 square kilometers) for eech 200 famlees him bring in.
1824: Nu Mexikan guvt make nu law...eech Mex state admin publik lands.
1825: Mex state av Coahuila y Tejas make law on immigrants: Wedded man get 4,428 akers (18 sq km).
Bi late 1825, hav almost 300 famlees..."Old 300".
Austin form informal armed foers tu protekt farmers...forrunner av Texas Rangers.
1821-1828: In effekt, Austin rule the Amerikan immigrants in Texas.
The immigrants was alwaes poor & Austin had tu pae for the "guvt"
Him bekame land rich but dirt poor.
11 Feb 1828, austin kall Freemasons tu meet at San Felipe.
25 Okt 1828...Mexiko outlaw freemasons.
April 1830...Mex guvt tri tu stop immigrashun av Amerikans. Austin get exsepshun tuit.
1832...now hav 11,000 Amerikans in Texas. Most nu-nukummers kum independent as adventurers.
1833: Texas muvement tu separate from Coahuila & bekum Mex state.
Austin diskeraej it...sae its 2 erlee.
Mex law sae gotta hav 80,000 tu be state; Texas hav 30,000.
2 Jan 1834: Austin arrested for treesun on wae from Mexiko Sitee bak tu Texas.
1835: Austin releesed & go bak tu Texas.
Wile him gon, Texas muve tuward open rebel ginst Mexiko.
Okt 1835: seeg av Bexar, fite at Gonzales.
2 March 1836...Republik av Texas deklared.
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