2. To what extent did Stephen F. Austin succeed or fail at continuing the dreams of his father?

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To what extent did Stephen F. Austin succeed or fail at continuing the dreams of his father?

I consider that Stephen F. Austin succeeded at continuing his fathers' dream of colonizing the region of Texas.

After the death of his father Moses, Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) committed himself to the venture of colonizing the region of Texas. He had shown skills to be a good leader and business since he had studied in New Orleans. So Stephen was true to the wishes of his father and continued with the project of the colonization of Texas. Once the family had the approval of the Spanish governor, Stephen started to take Americans to Texas in 1821. After Mexico won the War of Independence against the Spanish crown Stephen had to travel to México to negotiate with the Mexican authorities to respect the grant given by the Spanish governor. He succeeded and successfully proceeded with colonization.

after the civil war, and with the termination of slavery, the south was faced with a big problem; what was supposed to happen and how they were supposed to deal with the freedom and the rights that black people and freed slaves had gained as a result of the north defeating the south and forcing the end of slavery. first, most, if not all, of the workforce of the south came from slaves and they did not have an option to replace the loss of said workforce. second, particularly in the south, people were convinced that black people were lesser, less intelligent, less capable and less smart than whites. this posed a huge problem for them. also, southerners were faced with another issue; freed slaves now had a say in how their lives would be lived and the right to politically choose the way they would be governed. people in the south did not want to accept this, none of this and this opposition and the conflicts that arose from it, not to mention the afereffects of the war, forced the congress of the time to enact and enforce the reconstruction plans that had been proposed by president andrew johnson.

it is a : ) always outside of government control