The document profiles Stephen F. Austin, an American empresario who founded the first American colony in Mexican Texas in 1821. He was skilled in law, trustworthy, an explorer who persuaded Mexican authorities to change immigration laws, helpful, generous, an entrepreneur, and a nobleman. He accomplished much in his life including studying law and working in government before becoming a driving force in Texas independence from Mexico in 1836.

1. The True Beginning of Texas
S killed at law
T rustworthy
E xplorer-Texas September 1821
P ersuaded Mexican authorities to change back imagration law
H elpful and generous
E ntrepreneur
N obleman
F ounded the first American colony in Texas
A ccomplished: college, studied law, worked for newspaper,
legislator, judge
U nyielding to challenges
S ecretary of state of the Republic of Texas until death
T exas War for Independence in 1836
I nnovative, found new ways to develop and finance land
N egotiator