Spain Colonial
By the 1600s who controlled much of North America
Spain
First permanent mission in Texas
Corpus Christi De La Ysleta
Damián Massanet founded
San Francisco De Los Tejas
Why were some natives willing to live in missions
Food and protection
New Spain was made of what three present day states
Florida, California and Texas
Mission San Antonio De Valero would later be known as the ________
Alamo
Most missions failed because
Natives refused spanish way of life and too expensive
Spanish gave up search for gold, and turned its focus to
Spreading Catholicism
First mission founded in East Texas
San Franciso De Los Tejas
Corridos are
Folk Songs
Religious Settlements were called
Missions
It became the largest and most successful mission in Texas
Mission San Jose Y San Miguel Aguyao
Spanish officials sent and Fray Damien Massinet to find Fort St. Louis
Alonso De Leon
Vaqueros are
Cowboys
Military Forts that protected religious settlements were called
Presidios
Mission San Saba was built to protect the Apaches from the (hint: they both lived in the plains culture)
Comanches
______________ dedicated his life to work in missions among the Natives in east Texas.
Father Francisco Hidalgo
Frescoes are
Murals