Mission Possible
This was the main goal of the Spanish missions in Texas
What was/is converting Indians?
What is making them loyal to Spain?
These forts protected Spanish missions in Texas.
What were presidios?
This term describes a person who wages an unofficial war for personal gain.
What is a filibuster?
This priest issued the Cry of Dolores in 1810.
Who was Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla?
This woman is known as the “Mother of Texas.”
Who was Jane Long?
These religious leaders ran the Spanish missions.
Who were friars?
The war between Spain and France in Europe led to a conflict in the Americas, known by this amusing name.
What was the "Chicken Wars"?
This agreement created a zone where neither U.S. nor Spanish troops could be stationed.
What was the Neutral Ground Agreement?
These social groups most strongly supported Hidalgo’s revolt.
Who were mestizos and the lower classes?
This Frenchman traveled freely through Texas, shocking Spanish officials.
Who was Louis Juchereau de St. Denis?
These problems led the Hasinai (Cado) to turn against the Spanish.
What were diseases (also: flooding, mistreatment by soldiers)
This mission, founded in 1718, later became known as the Alamo, and is also the name of a major Texas city.
What was Mission San Antonio de Valero? (or just San Antonio)
This is why outlaws were attracted to the neutral ground.
What was that they could escape the law?
This is why many criollos refused to support Hidalgo.
What was fear of a lower-class revolt?
This U.S. general secretly acted as a double agent for Spain.
Who was James Wilkinson?
This is how long missionaries believed it would take to transform American Indians.
What was (about) 10 years?
This East Texas mission settlement was made the capital of Texas to monitor French activity.
What was Los Adaes?
This horse trader was killed by Spanish troops near present-day Waco.
Who was Philip Nolan?
This was Hidalgo’s fate after his retreat toward Texas.
What was that he was betrayed and executed?
This filibuster declared Texas free from Spain but was later killed in Mexico City.
Who was Dr. James Long?
This was the name of the first Spanish mission in East Texas
What was San Francisco de los Tejas?
This Spanish priest reached out for French assistance to help rebuild missions in East Texas
Who was Father Hidalgo
This battle, the bloodiest ever fought on Texas soil, ended a major filibuster rebellion.
What was the Battle of Medina?
This was the battle where Spanish forces crushed the rebel army in 1813.
What was the Battle of Medina?
This state also holds the title of "Mother of Texas", since so many people came and volunteered to fight for Texas independence
What is Tennessee?