Spanish colonial Texas

Which event occurred 1718:

• San Antonio was founded

• Nacogdoches was founded.

• Spanish colonization efforts were halted due to French resistance.

• El Paso became the capital of Texas for 50 years.

San Antonio, La Bahia, and Nacogdoches were began as...

• Started up as trading centers around missions

• Built to provide food and supplies to presidios

• Developed as governmental centers for territory

• Maintained as gathering points for ranchers to bring their herds

The person who founded San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo—the most successful Spanish mission in Texas was

• Jose de Escandon.

• Fray Damian Massanet.

• Antonio Margil de Jesus.

• Francisco Hidalgo.

During the 1600s, which country challenged Spain’s territorial claims by exploring the region that includes present-day Texas?

• France

• England

• Portugal

• the Netherlands

Jose de Escandon was an important figure during the European colonization of Texas because he founded

• The first Spanish mission in East Texas called San Francisco de los Tejas.

• The Mission San Jose y Miguel de Aguayo, the most successful of the Spanish missions in Texas.

• Los Adaes, a presidio that eventually became the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas.

• Twenty settlements, including Laredo, and became known as “the father of the lower Rio Grande Valley.”

In which Era did the Europeans establish Catholic missions, presidios, towns, and ranches on North American lands occupied by American Indians?

• Natural Texas and Its People

• Age of Contact

• Spanish Colonial

• Mexican National

What event took place in 1690?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Apache attack on La Bahia

• Mission San Francisco de los Tejas established as the First East Texas mission

• Mexican independence

“There is not an instant by day or night when reports do not arrive from all these ranches of barbarities and disorders falling on us. Totally unprotected as we are, the minimum number of soldiers present in these current presidios will result in the absolute destruction and loss of this province.”

--Domingo Cabello to his authorities, 1778

What is the governor of Texas trying to tell the Spanish Leaders?

• Spain is losing control of Texas due to a lack of military troops.

• He does think Texas is worth trying to colonize.

• Spain should be making more treaties with local Indian tribes.

• The French cannot be trusted.

Which statement below is NOT a reason for building Spanish missions in Texas?

• To strengthen the Spanish claim to Texas and keep out the French

• Teach the Indians the Spanish culture

• Be a resting place for Spanish explorers visiting Texas and searching for treasures

• To Christianize the Indians

How did Fray Damian Massanet BEST contribute to the European colonization of Texas?

• He was Alonso de Leon’s guide when looking for the French Fort St. Louis.

• He helped establish the first Spanish mission in East Texas.

• He was the first Spaniard to use the word Tejas, meaning “ally or friend”.

• He led the Spanish army expedition that established the first presidio in East Texas.