Texas Empresarios Timeline

  • Martin de Leon, the only Native Mexican empresario, receives land grants to settle 100-200 families.

  • Moses Austin makes a plan to bring settlers into Texas

  • Moses recieves permission to bring settlers.

  • Moses dies and asks his son, Stephen F. Austin, to finish his goal of bringing in settlers.

  • Stephen goes to San Antonio to claim the land grant.

  • Austin brings the first settlers to Texas.

  • De Leon founded the town of Victoria.

  • With the efforts of Edwards and Austin, the colonization law is approved in Mexico City.

  • Green Dewitt recieves a grant to found a colony in Texas.

  • Haden Edwards receives a grant to settle 800 families near Nacogdoches.

  • Lorenzo de Zavala recieves a grant to settle 500 families.

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  • Martin de Leon becomes very succesful.

  • Dewitt successfully completes 166 land titles