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148
HITSTORY OF TEXAS.
but in fact, the Plan of Iguala terminated the Spanish
dominion in Mexico.
Another change favorable to the settlement of Texas had
taken place. For more than a century the country had
been in dispute, claimed by both France and Spain; and
after France sold Louisiana to the United States, that
government had revived the claim of France. The United
States also wanted Florida. The ministers plenipotentiary
of the countries met. Spain was represented by De Onis,
and the United States by John Quincy Adams. A treaty
was entered into February 22, 1819, by which Spain sold
Florida to the United States, and the latter relinquished
all claim to Texas.
When the United States achieved her independec e, she
proffered a home to immigrants from all parts of the world.
Her unexampled prosperity had its influence upon her
southern neighbors. Even before the independence of
Mexico, her rulers began to entertain projects for the colonization
of unsettled portions of the country. To Edmund
Keene, the English statesman, was given the right to settle
with colonists 21,000 square leagues of the best land in
Texas. This project failed. The next to apply for a colonization
grant was Robert Owen, the Socialist and Comllmunist,
who wished, in this wilderness, to test the practicability
of his Socialistic system. But as none but
Roman Catholics were toleraled in Spanish America,ele
this application was, of course, unsuccessful; anld TNew
Harmony, Indiana, witnessed the failure of Owen's experiment.
The
survivors of the ill-fated expeditions of Magee and
Long had given glowing descriptions of Tesas; and the
liberal disposition of the Mexican authorities made it a
favorable time for planting colonies of Anglo-ArmericaLns in
this inviting field. Moses Austin, a citizen of Iissouri,
who had moved into that country when it belonged to Spail,
resolved to become the founder of a Texas colony. To
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/152/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .