Section 1
Because few Spaniards lived in these borderlands, the Spanish sent missionaries and established what?
Missions
They built missions among the Pueblo Indians as well as ranches and towns, including what?
Santa Fe
Ysleta was established as the home for who?
Tigua Indians
Despite these problems, La Salle sailed on. He became lost, however, and the ships missed the mouth of the Mississippi. The group finally came ashore at Matagorda Bay on the Texas coast. What year and month did that happen?
February 1685
Who was the Franciscan priest who traveled with Alonso De león?
Damián Massanet
The arrival of the first Spanish in Texas was when?
Spanish Colonial Period
When was Sante Fe founded?
1610
Ysleta was left on the north bank of Rio Grande which is now what current state?
Texas
La Salle and the others quickly realized they could not live on the coast’s marshy lowlands. They moved inland several miles and built a settlement near Garcitas Creek. What was the name of the settlement?
Fort St. Louis
In addition to the French settlement, the Spanish met the Hasinais on their travels. The Spaniards called the Indians what after the Hasinai word for “friend.”
Tejas
Missions helped convert American Indians to what?
Catholicism
What was the name of the Pueblo spiritual leader?
Popé
Who was one of the French explorers who helped expand Frances empire?
Sieur de La Salle
Karankawa
The Spaniards called the Indians Tejas (teh-hahs), after the Hasinai word for what?
Friend
Many American Indians helped build and maintain the missions. But many other Indians did not want missions on their lands and opposed Spanish attempts to change their ways of life. To protect the missions from attack, the Spanish built what?
Presidios
What is another word for revolution?
Revolt
La Salle named the region Louisiana for which King?
King Louis XIV
Karankawa Indians attacked and overran the fort in what years?
1688 or 1689
The Spanish claimed the region for their king. They then picked a site west of the Neches River. The Spanish set working on the mission. After a few days, they finished making what mission?
San Francisco de los Tejas
Farmers and merchants in these towns provided products and services for the missions and presidios. Other Spaniards lived on what?
Ranchos
What is one of the five settements along the South bank of Rio Grande?
Ysleta
Which expedition left France in 1684 and had four ships and about 300 soldiers and settlers?
La Salle Expedition
Who was the Spanish governor who led the expedition in 1689?
Alonso de León
Who was the first governor in Spanish Texas?
Domingo Terán de los Ríos