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What year did Spain determine Texas contained no Gold or Silver
1540
What year was Pineda's Civilization founded.
1519
What did Alonso Alvarez de Pineda do?
Where did La salle plan to build the fort
Near the mouth of the Mississippi
What did Europeans come to search for
Gold
What are the 3 g's
God, Gold, Glory
What did Spain want?
They simply wanted money
What did the Spanish believe?
They believed that it was their duty to defeat all non-believer
Where was Fort St. Lewis built
Matagorda Bay, Tx
What were the French trading through North America
Animal pelts
What did this give Spain the chance to do?
This gave the chance to gain riches and new land
What did Conquistadors set out to do?
They set out to conquer land and people
What did Columbus bring back to Spain
Food and Resources
What did Fort St. Lewis remind the spanish.
they needed to pay more attention to what other countries were doing
What were the Spaniards up to
They have been claiming land in North and South America
What did La Salle Invision along the Mississippi
A Great trading empire
What were some problems La Salle's expedition faced
1. Difficult attitude
2.Pirates
3.Shipwrecks
How many trips did Columbus make
4 trips back and forth
What Happened to Fort St. Lewis
The Karankawas Attacked it
What were the British up to
They founded their first settlement in Virginia
What was the Northwest Passage
A rumor that the Mississippi river flowed into the Pacific ocean
How did La Selle die
His men murdered him
What was the very first settlements by the British
James Town in West virginia
What country built Fort St. Lewis
France
What the issue with part of La Salle's claim
It was also claimed by Spain