French vs. Spanish Texas
After La Salle established Fort St. Louis, Spain took this step to secure East Texas.
Because Spain wanted to renew efforts to establish missions and permanent settlements in East Texas
This Native Texas cultural region’s people hunted, gathered, fished, and traveled mostly by canoe
Gulf Coast Culture region
This was a major motivation for early European exploration of the Americas
desire to find gold
Napoleon sold this large territory to the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
This group of 297 Anglo settlers was among the first to settle in Texas.
Old Three Hundred
Spain established this mission in 1690 as it increased its presence in Texas
Mission San Francisco de los Tejas
The Caddo built these kinds of homes and farmed crops such as beans, pumpkins, and tobacco.
grass houses
In 1519, this explorer mapped the Texas coastline.
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
This conflict in New Spain grew from tensions between peninsulares and creoles.
Mexican War of Independence
This title describes Moses Austin, Stephen F. Austin, and Martín de León.
empresarios
This Spanish priest cooperated with French authorities in Louisiana to bring missions to East Texas.
Francisco Hidalgo
These Plains peoples were generally nomadic, hunting bison and moving to find resources.
Comanche and Apache
This explorer’s account described Native peoples and his journey through Texas.
Cabeza de Vaca
This region became especially popular with early settlers because its flat land made travel and settlement easier.
Coastal Plains
This empresario established a colony that was settled by Mexican families.
Martín de León
Spain wanted Texas to serve as this kind of territory between Spanish lands and European rivals
so it becomes a buffer zone
Cabeza de Vaca described this tool, used to catch fish, as evidence of Indigenous adaptation.
cane weirs
Cabeza de Vaca’s reputation as this helped him travel safely through Texas.
a healer
Spain increased its efforts to occupy Texas after this French settlement was established.
Fort St. Louis
Stephen F. Austin received a contract allowing him to bring this many families to Texas.
800 families
Name the chain of events that explains how La Salle’s French settlement led Spain to increase control of Texas.
France established Fort St. Louis; Spain viewed it as a threat to its northern frontier, sent expeditions to find the settlement, and increased its efforts to occupy Texas by establishing missions and settlements
Compared with many Coastal Plains tribes, Comanche and Apache communities relied more on these two activities.
hunting and warfare
Name the Spanish explorer whose Mississippi-region journey prompted Spain to renew efforts to establish missions and settlements in East Texas
Sieur de La Salle
The empresario system and this similar immigration plan both encouraged settlement by offering land.
land grants
This person, often called the “Father of Texas,” helped bring Anglo settlers to Texas.
Stephen F. Austin