Question

What is the most likely reason that Stephen F. Austin became an empresario?

A. to purchase cheap land for himself
B. out of respect for his father's dreams and his last wishes
C. to help those less fortunate pursue new opportunities
D. to become wealthy and rich

Answer 1

B. out of respect for his father's dreams and his last wishes.Stephen F. Austin became an empresario because his father’s last wish was that his son should carry on the Texas venture. Austin had not been enthusiastic about the Texas colony, but he was true to his father’s wishes so he arrived in San Antonio after his father’s death and discussed the details of the proposed colony with the Spanish governor.