Green DeWitt
By: Addison Sork, Maddie Johnson, and Sarah Pryor
Was Green DeWitt's settlement a failure or a success?
Green DeWitts settlement was a failure in the end. DeWitt was arrested because De León claimed that the tobacco was shipped into the colony was contraband. After that the things between Green DeWitt and De León could not be erased and the mexican authorities had to shut down the settlement because of Dewitt arrest and Gonzales was reestablished.
To the right is a picture of where Green Dewitt's settlement is located.
Brief bibliography on Green Dewitt
Dewitt's colony was one of the major colonies in the settlement of Texas, was established by Green Dewitt and James Kerr in 1825. Dewitt request the Mexican government to become an impresario in 1822.
When and why did Green Dewitt want a settlement in Texas?
Problems Green Dewitt had with mexican government
Green Dewitt’s problem with the mexican government was that the Mexican government did not let Dewitt have his settlement the first time he asked in 1822. It took 3 years to finally gain the permission from the government in 1825.
Eyewitness
The first picture is of where the settlement took place, Mexico Texas. People would go to this map to see where the settlement would go and see this sign to find out the location of the settlement and information about it. the second picture underneath the first picture is a picture of a person who was part of the settlement. He was probably a helper in the settlement, or a worker.
Geography
The settlements boundaries were roughly defined on the basis of inaccurate maps as the right bank of the Lava ca River beginning at a point ten unions from the coast, running up the river to the Bear-Stagecoaches road and then up the road to a point two unions west of the Guadalupe River ,approximately the divide between the Guadalupe and San Antonio rivers, then extending to the Guadalupe River to the Paraje de las Mosquito , then returning to the Lava ca River.