It was important because it helped people spread the religion to various parts of the land. Traders and merchants traveled and spread their religion while traveling and since everyone wanted to trade with them the religions spread quickly.
T<span>hey had opened more ports to trade.</span>
The industrial revolution caused Europeans to look for new colonies by wanting seek untapped natural resources and therefore cheap materials. Industrialization resulted in mass production of goods. So it created the need to find new markets.
In 1820, he traveled to San Antonio, where the Baron de Bastrop convinced the Spanish governor to approve Austin's plan. Austin soon received a land grant in what is now the state of Texas. Hoping to recover from bankruptcy with a bold scheme of colonization, Moses Austin meets with Spanish authorities in San Antonio to ask permission for 300 Anglo-American families to settle in Texas. Unfortunately, the economic collapse following the War of 1812 destroyed the lead market and left him bankrupt.
