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• Stephen F. Austin was born in Virginia
• He became an empresario when his father was attacked in Missouri
• After 2 days his father died so Stephen F. Austin took over the trip
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• Stephen F. Austin was a Texas empresario, that means he brought other families to settle in Texas
• He moved families in wagons to Texas
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• After he went to Texas he went back to Virginia and he went back and forward…
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Stephen F. AustinStephen F. Austin
• It took months and months to go back to Virginia and then return to Texas
• Each trip was over one thousand miles long
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• Stephen Austin brought 300 families to Texas
• But half of the people died on the way because of hunger and thirst
• Stephen at last had his own colony
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ReferencesReferences
• Images by Bertha, Rocio, Gabriella and Marvel
• Britannica online http://school.eb.com/elementary
• Pebblego http://www.pebblego.com