Vocabulary
A Spanish religious town built to teach Native Americans about Christianity and Spanish culture
Located in West Texas (El Paso) the oldest permanant Spanish mission in Texas.
A Spanish priest who helped to build the first Spanish mission in East Texas
Who is Fray Damian Massanet?
The year that San Antonio de Valero was built
What is 1718?
"The Royal Road" it connected Mexico City to settlements in Texas and made movement of people and goods easier
What is El Camino Real?
A Spanish military fort built to protect missions and settlers from attacks
What is a presidio?
What is Fort St. Louis?
A Spanish Priest who asked the French for help building missions causing Spain to rebuild missons instead
Who is Father Francisco Hidalgo?
Due to lack of interest by the Native Americans and the expense, Spain did this to most of the Texas missions.
What is closed them?
A type of wall painting found in and on many Catholic churches.
What is a fresco?
What is a friar?
The first Spanish mission founded by Fr. Damian Massanet in East Texas. It fails for a number of reasons.
What is San Francisco de los Tejas?
A Spanish priest who built Mission San Jose, the most successful mission in Texas
This city is an example of Spains lasting influence on Texas
What is San Antonio?
What is a corrido?
A place where settlers raised farm animals (especially cattle)
What is a rancho?
A mission in South Central Texas that supplied goods to other settlements in Texas. Would later become the Alamo
What is San Antonio de Valero?
A French Explorer whose fort in Texas worried Spanish leaders and forced Spain to build settlements
Who is LaSalle?
What are Reasons for Spanish Settlement?
Spain controlled a large part of North America
Territory included present day Florida, California, and Texas
It is the name of this Unit
What is the Spanish Colonial Era?
A Spanish cowboy; started the American cattle industry
What is a vaquero?
Founded by Antonio Margil de Jesus amd located in San Antonio, known as the most successful mission
What is Mission San Jose?
The smartest and most beautiful teacher at Vidor Jr. High
Who is...?
The reason that Spain established missions in Texas that did not have anything to do with protecting their territory from France
What is teaching Natives about Christiantiy and Spanish culture?
The reason most Spanish missions failed is due to rejection of Christianity and the Spanish way of life by these people.
Who are Native Americans?