Empresario Time Line

  • SFA arrived in San Antonio

    SFA arrived in San Antonio
    Austin got a man named Erasmo Seguin (a rancher and mayor of the town) to translate.
  • SFA goes to mexico City

    SFA goes to mexico City
    Austin goes through a lot getting to mexico City, and when he gets there to get gov. leaders to approve of his colony, he studyed spanish and meeting with officials.
  • Goverment passed Imperial Colonization law

    Goverment passed Imperial Colonization law
    Under this law, Austin's land grant was secure and he could continue to bring in settlers form the U.S.
  • SFA almost fulfilled contract

    SFA almost fulfilled contract
    Austin signed a contract and put a colony right next to some brutal comanches. In 1830, one bachelor and 2 families lived in Bastrop.
  • Bastrop

    Bastrop
    Austin's contract for Bastrop provided for settlement of 100 families north of the San Antonio road and east of the Colorado R.
  • San Felipes colony

    San Felipes colony
    It was the heart of Austin's colony. The population grew quickly. Austin moved over there to to live.
  • Victoria

    Victoria
    In 1824 Martin de Leon received permission to establish a colony (Victoria) along the lower Guadelupe R.
  • San Felipe

    San Felipe
    Austin's colony needed a capital. In 1824, austin founded san Felipe de Austin, better know as San Felipe.
  • Gonzales

    Gonzales
    Dewitt's colony (Gonzales) was located on the Gulf Coastal Plain. It was exposed to American Indian attacks.
  • Refugio

    Refugio
    In 1831, Power and Heweston received control of the former lands of the abandoned Nuestra Senora del Refugio Mission.
  • San Patricio

    San Patricio
    In 1835, san Patricio, spanish for "Saint Patrick of Ireland", the population was washed away by cholera epidemic.
  • Mexican and Irish settlers

    Mexican and Irish settlers
    Irishmen came because of Powers and Mexican people cause it's close, came to san Patricio to settle.