OUTLINE

ANGLO COLONIZATION

I. The plight of Texas in 1820

A. depopulated

B. underdeveloped

C. Indians

D. United States to the east

II. Enter Moses Austin

A. background

B. the Texas scheme

C. Baron de Bastrop

D. Stephen F. succeeds his father

III. Empresario System

A. 1824 National Colonization Laws

B. transfer of colonization affairs to state government

C. other empresaios

1. Green DeWitt

2. Haden Edwards

i. Fredonian Rebellion, 1826

IV. Factors affecting emigration

A. Panic of 1819

B. U.S. land policy

C. The cotton economy

V. The emigrants

A. Upper South

B. Lower South