To ensure that deadlines were met.
By hiring people who made little in there own country, a higher demand for the job came allowing the Olympics to finish on time.
The Treaty of tordesillas settled territorial disputes
Stephen Fuller Austin carried out the Texas venture plans.
He was born in 1793 in southwestern Virginia and was son of Moses, a leader in establishing mining and manufacturing in the United States.
In 1819, an economic crisis wiped out his family's wealth, making them look for other business opportunities. Meanwhile, his father developed a <u>new venture</u>, a plan to s<u>ettle American colonists in Spanish Texas</u>. Moses won approval from the spanish governor in Texas to bring his colonists, however, he died on his way out of Texas. His last wish was that <u>his son carried on the Texas venture. </u>
<u>Stephan was true to his father wishes</u> and negotiated with the spanish governor the details of the proposed colony, which made it possible for <u>colonists to arrive to Texas in 1821.</u>
