He wanted to colonize Texas and that's what he did. Now he is known as the father of Texas. He also kept slavery legal in Texas. Before he did all of this he was a territorial legislature in Missouri.
was an American empresario. Known as the "Father of Texas", and the founder of Texas, he led the second, and ultimately, the successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States to the region in 1825.
