Spanish Missions
Why were Spanish Missions Built in Texas?
To convert the Native Americans to Christianity and teach them the Spanish ways of living
Which explorer's claim to fame is creating the first map of Texas's coastline?
Pineda
Why did the Europeans Explore the New World?
for gold, god and glory
What name did the Friar Damian Massanet give the Caddo tribe he met in East Texas?
Tejas / Friendly in Caddo language
What was the name of the first mission in Texas?
Corpus Christi De la Ysleta
Which Explorer lived among Native Americans and wrote a book about his experience-
Cabeza de Vaca
Which explorer was the "first" to discover North America and proceeded to lie about discovering cities of gold?
Christopher Colombus
True or False? Presidios were built next to Missions as a place to house the Friars stationed there
False. Presidios were built to house soldiers to protect the missions
What was the name of the first Mission built in EAST Texas?
San Francisco de los Tejas
Which explorer was the only French explorer we studied and built a French fort in Texas
La Salle
How did early European Explorations kill Native Americans?
The brought over European diseases that Native Americans had no immunity to
Why did most missions in Texas fail?
Lack of supplies, funding, Native American attacks, and diseases.
Who was in charge of establishing early Spanish colonies (aka missions)?
Friar
Which Explorer searched the most for gold, but never found the city of Cibola
Coronado
What would best describe the Age of Contact Era?
Sentence Stem: The Age of Contact was when _____.
Spain and France claimed land in the New World (or North America)
What was the name of the Spanish Friar who went to French Louisiana to get help establishing his mission?
Father Francisco Hidalgo
Aside from religion, what was the other MAIN reason the Spanish established missions?
To claim more land OR to prevent the French from taking their land
Which Spanish explorer conquered (killed the Aztec)
Hernan Cortez
What was the name of the city of gold that all Spanish explorers were looking for?
Cibola
When France began to take interest in Texas, it caused Spain to _________.
Become interested in Texas again and establish more missions.