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Philip Nolan killed for being a filibuster from the United States that was sent to Texas with Spanish approval, but Spain was suspicious of the U.S. taking control of Texas.
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Father Hidalgo – Cry of Delores/ Father of Mexican Independence/ Inspired Gutierrez & Magee
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Battle of Medina, Gutiérrez-Magee expedition, the Spanish Royalist Army Fought with the Army of the North. Even though they lost they inspired many to continue the fight.
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James Long Expedition to Nacogdoches
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Moses Austin gets permission from Spanish authorities to colonize (with the help from Baron de Bastrop) Texas with Americans but dies before he completes his plans (1820).
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Mexico is independent of Spain in 1821
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Mexican National Era (settling Mexico’s land with colonists).
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Mexican Federal Constitution written- giving citizens liberties (rights)…
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Martin De Leon The only Mexican Empresario. He settled 200 Mexican families in South Texas (what year received land grant).
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State Colonization Law (30 more empresarios) 1825
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Green DeWitt an important American empresario who settled 166 families in the area near present-day Gonzales (what year received land grant).
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Stephen F. Austin continues his father’s dream by settling 300 families from the United States. They are known as the “Old Three Hundred.”
