Spanish Exploration Colonization
What happened in 1519?
Pineda mapped the Gulf of Texas for the first time!
What is a Spanish mission?
A site for spreading the catholic faith to native Americans.
What happened to the population when Mexico took over Texas?
What was the name of Stephen F Austin's father?
Moses Austin
Who crashed into Galveston island in search of El Dorado?
Cabeza de Vaca
What is a friar?
Catholic priest at a mission
Who were the land agents that brought in families to earn land?
Empresarios
What group did Spain spend 700 years trying to get rid of?
the Moors
What did Columbus do in 1492?
Sailed for Spain to the New World, found the Americas
How were missions protected?
Presidios
Mexico required empresarios to convert to ________________.
catholic faith
Name of the priest who worked with French Louisiana to create missions in East Texas
Francisco Hidalgo
What was the Spanish motivation for coming to Texas?
Gold, God, Glory
What was Philip Nolan suspected of?
Trying to take over Texas for the USA
What law came out that incentivized Anglo Americans to move to Texas and continued the empresario system?
Colonization Act of 1825
Who was the most successful and well known empresario?
Stephen F Austin
How did Spain secure its hold on Texas?
Missions and Presidios
What did missions unintentionally spread?
Disease
What was the Anglo American motivation for moving to Texas?
Cheap land
How did Stephen F Austin Achieve his dad's dream?
He made the first Anglo American colony in Texas