<P> Approximately 3420 land grant applications were submitted by immigrants and naturalized citizens , many of them Anglo - Americans . The first group of colonists , known as the Old Three Hundred , arrived in 1822 to settle an empresarial grant that had been given to Stephen F. Austin by the Spanish . The group settled along the Brazos River , ranging from the near present - day Houston to Dallas . Shortly after they arrived , Austin learned that the new Mexican government had not ratified his father 's land grant with Spain . He was forced to travel to Mexico City , 1,200 miles ( 1,931 km ) away , to get permission for his colony . During his time in the capitol , Austin impressed various important people in the government by offering to draw a map of Texas , to help remove sediment obstructing navigation of the Colorado River , and by promising to carry out an Indian pacification campaign . On February 18 , 1823 , ten months after Austin arrived in Mexico City , Agustin I approved his colonization contract . One month later , Agustin abdicated as emperor , and the newly created republican congress nullified all acts of his government , including Austin 's colonization contract . Many of Austin 's new friends in Mexico praised his integrity before the congress , and his contract was re-approved in mid-April . On his return to Texas in July 1823 , Austin established San Felipe de Austin as the new headquarters for his colony . </P>
<P> Approximately 3420 land grant applications were submitted by immigrants and naturalized citizens , many of them Anglo - Americans . The first group of colonists , known as the Old Three Hundred , arrived in 1822 to settle an empresarial grant that had been given to Stephen F. Austin by the Spanish . The group settled along the Brazos River , ranging from the near present - day Houston to Dallas . Shortly after they arrived , Austin learned that the new Mexican government had not ratified his father 's land grant with Spain . He was forced to travel to Mexico City , 1,200 miles ( 1,931 km ) away , to get permission for his colony . During his time in the capitol , Austin impressed various important people in the government by offering to draw a map of Texas , to help remove sediment obstructing navigation of the Colorado River , and by promising to carry out an Indian pacification campaign . On February 18 , 1823 , ten months after Austin arrived in Mexico City , Agustin I approved his colonization contract . One month later , Agustin abdicated as emperor , and the newly created republican congress nullified all acts of his government , including Austin 's colonization contract . Many of Austin 's new friends in Mexico praised his integrity before the congress , and his contract was re-approved in mid-April . On his return to Texas in July 1823 , Austin established San Felipe de Austin as the new headquarters for his colony . </P>
who developed the first anglo colony in mexican texas
who developed the first anglo colony in mexican texas
1822
1822