Most of the settlers who followed stephen austin into texas hoped that ? texas would be governed by spain.
texas would immediately join the united states.
texas would become a self-governing mexican state.
texas would become an independent nation.

The correct answer is:

Texas would become a self-governing Mexican state.

Explanation:

Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) was an American lawyer and settler that brought hundreds of families to Texas, the first 300 families Austin brought arrived in 1825.

After Austin's father was granted lands in Texas, Austin followed his father's purpose and began negotiations with Spain so he could bring American people to the land as an "empresario" but after Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821, Austin had to negotiate all over again for bringing new families into Texas because the immigration laws were changing. He announced in New Orleans that new land was available to settle in Texas, American colonists that followed Austin hoped that Texas would become a self-governing Mexican state.