Row 1
The Spaniards dubbed the Indians Tejas, which is derived from the Hasinai term for what?
Friend
La Salle called the region Louisiana after his king. What was his king's name?
King Louis XIV
Ysleta was founded as a home for which indigenous group?
Tigua Indians
A Pueblo spiritual leader ignited an uprising against the Spanish in 1680. The Spanish colonists were driven from northern New Mexico by the Pueblo Revolt. Who organized the uprising?
Popé
What is the name of the Franciscan priest who traveled alongside Alonso de León?
Damián Massanet
The Spanish established themselves in New Mexico along the upper Rio Grande in the 1600s. They constructed towns, ranches, and missions among the Pueblo Indians, including which present-day city?
Santa Fe
Back at Fort St. Louis, fewer than 30 individuals remained, the majority of them women and children. The Karankawa Indians assaulted and overran the fort, killing all of the adult settlers and destroying it. The Karankawas took five children captive. The Karankawas kept their children until they were rescued later. What years are predicted to when it occured?
1688 or 1689
The Spanish sent civilian settlers and soldiers to accompany the missionaries; the soldiers' job was to defend their fellow Spaniards. What was brought about by the first Spanish settlers in Texas?
Spanish Colonial Period
Life was difficult at Fort St. Louis because starvation and sickness killed many settlers; also, the colonists had to protect themselves against who?
Karankawa Indians
What year was Sante Fe founded?
1610
Which U.S. state has Ysleta as its oldest Hispanic settlement?
Texas
The Spanish wanted the indigenous American Indians to reside inside the mission walls so that missionaries could educate them about agriculture and farming with the help of Spanish people. What other lessons did missionaries wish to share?
Catholicism
What is the name of the first Governor of Spanish Texas?
Domingo Terán de los Ríos
A Spanish Religious community is known as what?
Missions
What is the name of the individual who canoed down the Mississippi River to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico? There, he placed the French flag and claimed all of the Mississippi-drained territory for France. This territory stretched from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
Sieur de La Salle
By 1684, five settlements had been established along the Rio Grande's southern bank. One of these villages was founded on the Rio Grande's south bank, but floods in the 1800s shifted the river's channel, leaving it on the north bank. What is this settlement's name?
Ysleta
What was the name of the Spanish governor who led the expedition to find Fort Saint Louis in 1689?
Alonso de León
What are the titles of Spanish military installations?
Presidios
La Salle and his crew immediately discovered they couldn't live in the coast's muddy lowlands. They proceeded inland several miles and established a settlement at Garcitas Creek. What was the name of the settlement?
Fort St. Louis
What is the common title for Spanish ranches?
Ranchos
On their journeys, the Spanish saw the Hasinais and referred to the Indians as what?
Tejas
An expedition left France in the summer of 1684. It comprised four ships and approximately 300 soldiers and settlers. The expedition ran into problems when one of the ships was taken by Spanish pirates. Then several of the sailors deserted, later informing the Spanish of the expedition's plans. What was the name of the expedition?
La Salle Expedition
La Salle became lost, and the ships missed the Mississippi River's mouth. The crew eventually landed at Matagorda Bay on the Texas coast. What month and year did this occur in?
February 1685
What is an alternate title for "Revolution"?
Revolt
In early 1690, De León and Massanet returned to Texas with several missionaries and perhaps 100 soldiers; the Spanish claimed the land for their king. They then chose a location west of the Neches River and began erecting a mission, which took only a few days. What is the name of the mission?
San Francisco de los Tejas