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4 unusual facts about Antonio María Martínez


Antonio María Martínez

Agustín de Iturbide was in possession of Mexico, and Martínez, at the request of the Baron de Bastrop, approved Moses Austin's petition for permission to bring 300 settlers into Texas.

On July 18, 1821, Martínez was forced to issue orders requiring the oath of allegiance to Iturbide.

Champ d'Asile

Mexican governor Antonio María Martínez, having heard about this expedition, sent his own troops to San Marcos, wary of an attack.

Moses Austin

In 1820, Austin traveled to Presidio San Antonio de Bexar in Spanish Texas and presented a plan to colonize Texas with Anglo-Americans to Governor Antonio María Martínez.



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