Missions & Presidios
The purpose of these military forts was to protect settlers from attacks.
What were presidios?
This French explorer shipwrecked near Matagorda Bay in 1685 and built Fort St. Louis.
Who was La Salle?
Spain began building settlements in Texas after recognizing this European nation as a potential threat.
What is France?
These were the two main tasks Native people were responsible for while living in missions.
What are farming crops and raising livestock?
These painted wall decorations found in Mission Concepción are examples of early Spanish art.
What are frescos?
These religious figures were responsible for teaching Native people about Christianity and Spanish culture.
Who were Catholic friars, or Franciscan friars?
He established the first Spanish mission in east Texas.
Who was Fray Damián Massanet?
This location, containing San Pedro Springs, was chosen by settlers because it provided a vital water source.
What is San Antonio?
Spain’s main religious goal was to convert Native people to this religion.
What is Catholicism, or Christianity?
The American cattle industry evolved from the ranching practices of these Spanish cowboys.
Who were vaqueros?
This mission, founded in 1718 in south-central Texas, later became known as the Alamo.
What is San Antonio de Valero?
This religious leader founded the most successful Spanish mission in Texas.
Who was Antonio Margil de Jesús?
This Spanish road connected missions and settlements across Texas.
What is El Camino Real?
Mission San Francisco de los Tejas was built after France was recognized as a threat following conflicts with this Native group.
Who were the Karankawa?
This major Texas city is an example of Spain’s lasting influence, with Spanish missions still standing today.
What is San Antonio?
This was the most successful Spanish mission in Texas, where Native Texans lived and worked.
What is Mission San José y San Miguel Aguayo?
In 1731, these settlers formed the villa of San Fernando de Béxar and established the first regularly organized civil government in Texas.
Who were the Canary Islanders?
This settlement supplied goods to east Texas missions and is located in east Texas.
What is Nacogdoches?
Santa Cruz de San Sabá, founded in 1757, was located in this region of Texas.
What is central Texas?
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta, the first mission in Texas, was founded in this year in far west Texas.
What is 1682?
According to Nicholas de Lafora in 1767, this was why Spain closed missions in east Texas.
What is that the missions had no Native people to minister to because local Native people rejected Christianity and Spanish culture?
This Native group destroyed Fort St. Louis, took five captives, and killed the rest of the French survivors.
Who were the Karankawa?
This was the capital of New Spain, which controlled a large portion of North America, including Texas.
What is Mexico City?
This was the main reason most Spanish missions in Texas failed.
What is that local Native people rejected Christianity and Spanish culture?
These are the two main reasons for Spanish settlement in Texas.
What are spreading Christianity and responding to the French threat as France focused on the Louisiana Territory?