C6 Spanish Colonial Texas

Many Tejas blamed holy water for disease at the missions and accepted the Catholic religion.

• True
• False

Some European nations that opposed the growing power of France and its colonies formed the Grand Alliance in the late 1600s.

• True
• False

Before the Spanish Colonial era, Spain's North American colonies included present-day California through New Mexico and Mississippi.

• True
• False

In the late 1710s, establishing missions in East Texas was interrupted when Mexico declared war on Spain.

• True
• False

Native Americans lived in the missions primarily to receive protection. 

• True
• False

Settlers at the missions wanted to convert Native Americans to the Catholic religion and convince them to be baptized.

• True
• False

The name, Texas, was derived from words in the Spanish and the Hasinai languages.

• True
• False

Soldiers had many tasks, but they were primarily responsible for protecting ranches and settlers.

• True
• False

San Juan Bautista's location near the Rio Grande and important crossings into Louisiana made it a strategic location.

• True
• False

The Mission San Antonio de Valero, ​now known as the Alamo, was one of six missions built in the growing San Antonio area.

• True
• False