Natural Texas and It's People
They were hunters following herds of migrating animals
What are Nomads?
What are reasons for exploration?
They protected settlers from attacks by Native Texans or other Europeans.
What is the purpose of presidios?
Established the Republic of Fredonia.
Who was Haden and Benjamin Edwards?
Studying drawings and artifacts.
How did historians learn about early cultures/people?
LaSalle built a French fort in Texas.
What French action caused conflict with Spain?
Mission in South Central Texas.
What is San Antonio de Valero
What is the Law of April 6, 1830?
Native Americans lived in different regions of Texas.
What are characteristic of the Natural Texas and Its People era?
It motivated explorers to continue searching through hardships.
What is gold?
They were responsible for teaching local Natives about religion and the culture of Spain.
What were Catholic friars?
Come and Take it.
What was the Battle of Gonzales?
The Fort Worth Stockyards, AT&T Stadium, and Dinosaur Valley.
What is the North Central Plains region?
This conquistador established Spanish rule in Mexico and parts of Texas.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
The tasks Natives were responsible for while living in the missions.
What is farming crops and raising livestock?
Mexico feared the United States would try to take Texas as the country expanded westward.
Why did Mexico begin to distrust the United States?
Big Ben National Park, El Paso, Rio Grande River
What are the Mountains and Basins region?
Spanish and French explorers both claimed land in Texas.
What is the Age of Contact?
He established the first Spanish mission in east Texas.
Who was Fray Damián Massanet?
He wrote a letter encouraging Texans to form their own government.
Why was Stephen F. Austin arrested and imprisoned by Mexican authorities?