It was primarily "D. WWI" that <span>postponed the suffrage movement in the beginning of the 20th century, since all energy and resources of the state were put towards this purpose. </span>
C. the geography and climate of the area where they settled.
D. Stephen Austin
Led by the Empressario, Stephen F. Austin, an initial grant for three hundred families--the "Old 300"--in 1821 opened up Texas to a flood of American immigrants, as many as 30,000 by the time of the Texas Revolution in 1835.
