No, I've gone way beyond that basic stuff. I'm just letting you show everyone how little you actually know about what you're trying argue.
For years you guys have been spewing all sorts of ridiculous rhetoric in regards to Spain's iron fist control of the southwest, obviously oblivious to "the many" Americans who were pursuing business in the region even way before the ratification of the Adams Onis Treaty. Also, the history of American insurgents into the region also pre-dates the Adams Onis Treaty by many years, as does Mexican and American collusion in these events, and even Spanish and American collusion as well. So here, just to establish my point "that you are way out of your league" here's just one example, one "you might" be "somewhat" familiar with, though at this point I doubt it?
After the Virginia lead business failed, Moses skipped out to avoid imprisonment and the consequences of debt, which was then customary in the U.S. for debtors under traditional English law (now being developed for U.S. federal and state codes), looked toward the rich lead deposits in
Missouri, then a part of upper
Spanish Louisiana.[SUP]
[4][/SUP] In December 1797, Austin and a companion traveled to investigate the Spanish mines. In 1798, the Spanish colonial government granted to Moses one
league (4,428 acres). In return he swore allegiance to the Spanish Crown and stated he would settle some families in Missouri. Stephen remained behind to salvage the Virginia business, creating a rift between the two brothers that would last for much of the rest of their lives. The state of Virginia seized much of the property Moses owned and broke up the various operations, which were later purchased from the state at great discounts by Thomas Jackson and his partners.
In 1803, Missouri came under the jurisdiction of the United States as part of the
Louisiana Purchase. Austin became founder and principal stockholder in the Bank of St. Louis, but the bank failed in the
Panic of 1819 causing him to lose his entire fortune. He again sought help from Spain. 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. The Governor rejected Austin's plan due to the ongoing attacks on Texas by American
filibusters. An old acquaintance,
Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop, who was living in San Antonio at the time and well liked by the
Spaniards, helped convince the governor to accept Austin's plan. In 1821, the governor asked Austin's friend,
Erasmo Seguín, to give him the news that he had been awarded a land grant and permission to settle three hundred families in Texas. On Austin's return trip, he became ill and died in 1821, shortly after arriving back in Missouri. His son Stephen F. Austin carried out his colonization plan.
In 1885, the legality of Austin's Spanish property claims were settled posthumously by the Supreme Court in
Bryan v. Kennett.
