Power and Hewetson colony in Texas
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The Power and Hewetson colony in Texas was an early 19th-century Irish immigrant settlement established under an empresario land grant in Mexican Texas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Power and Hewetson colony in Texas canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish immigrant settlement
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empresario colony ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Coastal Bend region of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| dissolvedAfter | Texas Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
ranching ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish immigrants ⓘ |
| follows | Mexican colonization law of 1825 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
James Hewetson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Mexican authorities of Coahuila y Tejas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBorder | Gulf Coast of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Refugio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDemographics | primarily Irish-born colonists and their families ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
contributed to Irish cultural influence in early Texas
ⓘ
illustrates Mexican policy of using foreign colonies to populate Texas ⓘ |
| hasLegalForm | empresario land grant ⓘ |
| hasPurpose | to settle Irish immigrants in Mexican Texas ⓘ |
| history | was one of several foreign colonies established in Mexican Texas before the Texas Revolution ⓘ |
| inception | 1834 ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | authorized colony under Mexican law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mexican Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Refugio area of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
James Hewetson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSettlement |
Mission Refugio area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Refugio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Coahuila y Tejas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish colonization of Texas ⓘ |
| population | Irish Catholic settlers ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sharesBorderWith |
De León colony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
McMullen-McGloin colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Texas Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1830s ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
James Power (Texas empresario)