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1821
Moses Austin dies; Austin comes to Texas. Arrived in San Antonio de Bexar -
1822
Reached the Colorado River but didn't find Lively; left Josiah Bell in charge of colony so he could go to Mexico City to approve his colony -
1823
Imperial colonization; SFA returned to his colony,and found many settlers that were discouraged -
1824
Victoria’s colony was founded. Austin nearly fulfilled his contract for his colony; founded San Felipe de Austin; -
1825
Gonzales colony was founded. Bastrop told SFA about colonization plan. 1790 people living there, 440 were enslaved African Americans;passed the State Colonization Law -
1826
San Felipe had between 100 and 200 people in the colony -
1827
he influenced successfully against the banning of slavery in Texas, even though it was illegal in Mexico since 1824 -
1828-1830
San Felipe was the largest buisness center throughout the early 1830s
In 1830, Mexican officials passed a law hoping to stop some American immigration into Texas -
1831
Ended adding more contracts for colonies; Refugio colony was founded -
1832
525 people lived in the DeWitt and de Leon colonies -
1833-1835
San Patricio colony was founded -
1836
SFA died