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Texas History Chapter 7 Review

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Restrictions placed on settlers by colonization laws of 1824
could not receive more than 48,708 acres per person, could not be within 30 miles of the coast or 60 miles from an international boundary, only those who intended to be permanent residents could receive land contracts
Accomplishments made by Stephen F. Austin during his stay in Mexico
Gained approval from Mexican government, learned Mexican customs, learned Spanish, met and impressed Mexican leaders and showed loyalty to them
Good cheap farmland
Made farmers in the US want to settle in Texas
Convinced Governor Martinez to grant Moses' request
how Baron de Bastrop helped Moses Austin
requirements to be in Austin's colony
become Catholic, take an oath of allegiance, and be of good moral character
the Old Three Hundred
the original settlers of Austin's Colony.
achievements of Stephen F. Austin before he took over for his father
Attended Transylvania University in Kentucky, served in the Missouri territorial legislature, and had been a circuit judge in Arkansas
Refugio
the central town of the first Irish colony in Texas
Native Texan attacks on settlements
Stephen F. Austin raises a militia after returning from Mexico City
Salado, Viesca and Nashville
towns settled by the Nashville Company
Between Brazos and Colorado rivers
Where Stephen F. Austin settled his first colony
conditions of empresarios' contracts in Texas
ran for 6 years, at least 100 families had to settle, about 23,000 acres of land were allotted
Erasmo Seguin
Citizen of San Antonio who went with Stephen F. Austin to see the governor
Augustin de Iturbide
overthrown emperor of Mexico
Sterling C. Robertson
leader of the Nashville Company
Moses Austin
first to secure permission from Spain to bring settlers to Texas
Baron de Bastrop
Representative of the Coahuila y Tejas legislature
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