Vocabulary
What are Missionaries? (Page 1)
Religious figures who wanted to convert others to their religion. (Page 1)
What year did French explorer Rene Robert Cavelier establish the settlement, Fort Saint Louis? (Page 1)
1684 (Page 1)
Who built San Francisco de Los Tejas? (Page 1)
Alonso De Leon (Page 1)
What was the name of the first Spanish Mission in East Texas? (Page 1)
San Francisco de Los Tejas (Page 1)
Spain colonized Texas for the Three G's:.... (Page 1)
Gold, God and Glory (Page 1)
What is a Pueblo? (Page 2)
Settlements created for Spanish Settlers who were not soldiers, priests, or missionaries. (Page 2)
What date did Alonso De Leon discover the remains of the French Fort Saint Louis? (Page 1)
April 22, 1689 (Page 1)
Who established the French fort Saint Louis? (Page 1)
Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle (Page 1)
The Nuestra Senora Socorro Mission is near what present day city in Texas? (Page 2)
El-Paso (Page 2)
Spain's primary goal for Texas was to... (Page 1)
...spread its religion (Page 1)
What is a Presidio? (Page 2)
A military fort used for protection. (Page 2)
In what year did the flooding from the Rio Grande destroy the Nuestra Senora Church? (Page 2)
1829 (Page 2)
Which Spanish Missionary traveled with Alonso de Leon? (Page 1)
Damian Massanet (Page 1)
San Antonio de Valero Mission is near what present day city in Texas? (Page 2)
San Antonio (Page 2)
Franciscan Missionaries attempts to establish missions in western Texas were.... (Page 1)
Unsuccessful (Page 1)
What is a Rancho? (Page 2)
A Spanish cattle farm. (Page 2)
What year did the missionaries and soldiers abandon San Francisco de los Tejas Mission? (Page 2)
1694 (Page 2)
Who constructed San Antonio de Valero Mission?
(Page 2)
Father Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares (Page 2)
The San Antonio de Valero Mission is also called what famous name? (Page 3)
The Alamo (Page 3)
Alonso de Leon and his men constructed a fort at the site of the failed French Settlement and named it..... (Page 1)
La Bahia (Page 1)
What three things did Spanish Missions do in Texas?
(Page 1)
1. Convert Natives to Christianity
2. Claim and secure areas
3. Turn Natives into Spanish citizens
(Page 1)
What year did a hurricane destroy the San Antonio de Valero Mission? (Page 2)
1724 (Page 2)
Who was a prominent individual to help save the Alamo? (Page 3)
Clara Driscoll, Adina De Zevala, Members of the Daughters of the Texas Republic (Page 3)
Nuestra Senora Del Refugio Mission is near what present day city in Texas? (Page 3)
Corpus Christi (Page 3)
Escandon is often referred to as the.... (Page 3)
"Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley" (Page 3)