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The Spanish priest who first wanted to convert the
Tejas to Christianity:
Father Massanet
Friar who wanted to re-open the East Texas
Mission:Father Hidalgo
Frenchman who started trading posts and married
a Spanish woman:
Louis St. Denis
Texas Indian guide and interpreter:
Angelina
A person of European descent:
Anglo
A Spanish city council:
Ayuntamiento
Things some Spanish communities did for
entertainment:
dances, horse races, holiday fairs
Duties of Spanish soldiers at Presidios:
Protecting missions, Protecting settlements, Scouting for intruders
A Spanish military outpost:
Presidio
French traders exchanged blankets, guns, and wine
for:Furs and Skins
The first Spanish settlement in Texas (near
present-day El Paso)
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
Mission near present-day Goliad:
La Bahia
River bordering Texas and Louisiana (present-day
border):
Sabine River
River near the San Juan Bautista mission:
Rio Grande
The mission now known as the Alamo:
Mission San Antonio de Valero
The boundary between French and Spanish
settlements in East Texas
Arroyo Hondo
Where 15 families came from to increase the
population of San Antonio:
The Canary Islands
The first Spanish settlement in EAST Texas:
Mission San Francisco de los Tejas
The largest Spanish settlement in Texas:
San Antonio
Most Spanish missions were established in this part of
Texas:East Texas
Why did the Spanish want to establish missions in East
Texas?To keep the land from the French,
To spread Catholicism
Why did Spanish Missions fail to Christianize the
Plains people (Apaches/Comanches)
The natives were too independent,
The missions lacked supplies, The missions lacked people
Why did Father Massanet and the friars abandon San Francisco de los
Tejas?The Tejas rejected the Catholic
religion
Why were the French interested in East Texas?
Trade with Native Americans
Why were most missions eventually abandoned?
Spanish claim on the land was firmly established already, Native Americans rejected
Catholicism
How was food provided for the Native Americans in the
missions?
Farming, The Native Americans were
taught to prepare food
How would you characterize life for a
Spanish soldier in Texas?
Difficult, Dangerous
How would you describe the site chosen for San
Antonio?Lots of water,
Lots of building stone,Lots of trees, Fertile Land
How did the Apaches and Comanches react to Spanish missions?
Raided missions, Rejected Catholicism,
Stole horses
How did the Spanish react when they learned of the French fort in East Texas?
Sent soldiers to destroy it