Week 14 Flashcards
Mexican empressario who settled 200 Mexican families in south Texas , he and his wife founded the town of Victoria
Martin de Leon
Second most successful American emptesarrio who settled 166 families in the area of present day Gonzales
Green Dewitt
Purpose- secure SPANISH control in the New World , the 3 g’s
Methods- colony of new Spain •resettled other SPANISH settlers (canary Island)
SPANISH settlement of Texas
Purpose: increase population in northern Mexico
Method- empressario grants supporting existing towns and settlements large ranges
Mexican settlement of Texas
Allowed because of the national colonization law
Increased population in Texas cheap landlords forms of escape dept
Anglo settlement of Texas