Section 1
Royal officials wanted to protect New Spain’s northern frontiers. Because few Spaniards lived in these borderlands, the Spanish sent missionaries there to establish what or religious communities.
Missions
In the 1600s the Spanish settled along the upper Rio Grande in New Mexico. They built missions among the Pueblo Indians as well as ranches and towns, including what?
Santa Fe
By 1684 five settlements had been established along the south bank of the Rio Grande. Among these settlements was Ysleta (ees-leh-tah), established as a home for which group of indians?
Tigua Indians
The La Salle crew came ashore when?
February 1685
A Franciscan priest, Father _____
Damián Massanet
The soldiers were to provide protection for their fellow Spaniards. The arrival of the first Spanish in Texas ushered in the what?
Spanish Colonial Period
1610
Where is the oldest hispanic settlement located?
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 called what?
Fort St. Louis
n addition to the French settlement, the Spanish met the Hasinais on their travels. The Spaniards called the Indians _____, after the Hasinai word for “friend.¨
Tejas
With the support of Spanish civilians, missionaries could teach the Indians about farming and what else?
Catholicism
In addition, missionaries attempted to stop the Pueblo from practicing their traditional religious beliefs. In 1680 a Pueblo spiritual leader named what?
Popé
In 1682 which French explorer expanded France’s empire? He canoed down the Mississippi River to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. There he planted the French flag and claimed all of the land drained by the Mississippi for France. This land extended from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
Sieur de La Salle
Meanwhile, life was not going well at the settlement. Hunger and disease killed many settlers. In addition, the colonists had to defend themselves against attack by which indian tribe?
Karankawa
The Hisani word ¨Tejas¨ means ____
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 _______, or military bases, near the missions
Presidios
what is another word for revolution?
Revolt
This land extended from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle named the region Louisiana for his king.
King Louis XIV
Back at the settlement, fewer than 30 people were left, mostly women and children. Karankawa Indians attacked and overran the for. when was it estimated this happened?
1688 or 1689
In early 1690 De León and Massanet returned to Texas with several missionaries and about 100 soldiers. Arriving in the land of the Tejas, the Spanish claimed the region for their king. They then picked a site west of the Neches River. The Spanish set to work building a mission. After only a few days, they finished building ______.
San Francisco de los Tejas
While some spaniards lived on presidios Other Spaniards lived on what, or also known ranches?
Ranchos
______ was founded on the south bank of the Rio Grande, but flooding altered the river’s course in the 1800s. This left ______ on the north bank, in what is now Texas. As a result, it is considered the oldest Hispanic settlement in the state.
Ysleta
In the summer of 1684. It had four ships and about 300 soldiers and settlers. The expedition ran into trouble when Spanish pirates captured one ship. Then some of the sailors deserted. They later told the Spanish of _____ plans. Despite these problems, ____ sailed on. He became lost, however, and the ships missed the mouth of the Mississippi.
La Salle Expedition
who was the Spanish governor, who led the search for la salle in 1689?
Alonso de León
In 1691 Father Massanet returned to the mission with __________, the first governor of Spanish Texas
Domingo Terán de los Ríos