Abstract

In this research we try to discover the insight of “American Settlers in Texas Territory of Mexico” in a holistic perspective. The key heart of the study is on “American Settler” and its relation with “Texas Territory of Mexico and Texas Revolution”. The research also examines various characteristics of “American Settler” and tries to measure its effect. Lastly the research illustrates a variety of factors which are responsible for “Texas Revolution and Mexican-American War” and tries to describe the overall effect of it.

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Texas Revolution4

Mexican American War5

Life during Texas Revolution And Mexican-American War6

Conclusion11

American Settler

Introduction

The most important figure in the American colonization of Spanish and later Mexican Texas, Stephen Fuller Austin was the son of Moses Austin. He is considered as the first American settler to settle in Texas territory of Mexico from America.Born in Virginia, Austin attended Yale College and Transylvania University. His formal schooling ended, he moved to Missouri, assisting his father in lead mining and in the mercantile business in Potosi. The younger Austin was a public figure of some importance in the early history of the territory, serving as a militia officer and a member of the Missouri Territorial Legislature from 1814 to 1820. With the decline of the family fortunes in Missouri, Stephen Austin moved to Arkansas Territory in 1820, where he accepted an appointment as judge in the first circuit court. He left before assuming the judgeship, however, traveling downriver to New Orleans, where he read law and worked on a newspaper. In 1821, when Austin was 27 years old, his father died. He returned to Missouri and prepared to carry out the Texas colonization project that Moses Austin had begun. Although he was originally skeptical of his father's plans to colonize Texas, Stephen Austin eventually became a wholehearted convert and entered into the arrangement with enthusiasm and great intelligence.

In implementing his father's plans, Austin was to exhibit extraordinary qualities of tact and patience in the face of continually changing circumstances. He visited Texas in 1821, confirmed the arrangement to settle 300 families, and selected the Brazos and Colorado River valleys as the site of his colony. His colonists arrived at the site in late 1821, but in the meantime Mexico had established its independence from Spain. As the holder of a Spanish land grant, Austin became the object of suspicion for his loyalty to the Spanish colonial government. In the face of these mounting difficulties, he journeyed to the capital, Mexico City, to make his case to the government of the new, independent Mexican nation. Austin had to wait a year for his colonization plan to be confirmed, but he was a patient man who used the time wisely in the study of language and history of his new country. He also made numerous influential friends in the new government.

The Texas capital is named for Austin in his honor. The first settlers began arriving in Texas by land and sea in December 1821. To his great disappointment, Austin was informed by Governor Martinez that ...