Stephen F Austin

  • 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