Native Americans
Spanish Explorers
Miscellaneous
Texas History
Spanish Colonial Texas
100

The ________ lived in the coastal plains and lived in big bee-hived shaped huts.

Caddos


100

This Spanish explorer was the first to map the coast from Florida to Mexico

Pineda

100

Why did many Anglo-Americans make a difficult journey to settle in Texas?

1. Cheap Land

2. Escape debt

3. They had a sense of adventure (they were curious)

100

The which region is the panhandle of Texas?

Great Plains

100

What was the main goal of the Mission System?

convert American Indians to Catholicism

200

In which region did the Tigua tribe live in?

Mountains and Basins Region

200

Which explorer was the first to step foot in Texas?

Cabeza de Vaca

200

Who was the first person to get permission to bring U.S. settlers into Texas?

Moses Austin



200

This river borders the states of Louisiana and Texas

The Sabine River

200

Spain built missions, presidios, and settlements in East Texas because _______________________

To keep the French out of Texas

300

What was used to make migration easier for the Comanche and Apache tribes?

Horses

300

This Spanish conquistador was mainly interested in finding gold in the new land...claiming the "Southwestern USA" for Spain

Coronado

300

What did the Louisiana Purchase do for the United States?

Doubled the size of the United States

300

This river borders the states of Texas and Mexico

Rio Grande

300

What was Spain's (3 step) strategy for developing East Texas?

build missions, settlements, and presidios

400

this Native American tribe were excellent horse riders and lived in the Great Plains region.

Comanche

400

This viceroy named Mexico city after he conquered the most powerful army in the world at that time...he conquered the Aztecs.

Hernan Cortes

400

A quote from Stephen F Austin would be considered a ______________ source

primary

400

Explain the rainfall pattern across Texas

Rainfall increases from West to East

400

Which empresario did the Mexican government show favor to because of his citizenship?

Martin DeLeon

500

This Native American group acted as traders with other Native American tribes (They lived in the Mountains and Basins region)

Jumano

500

Which explorer made Fort St. Louis a French settlement?

La Salle

500

Why did the Europeans want to explore Texas?

hope to claim territory and find Cibola

500

After the purchase of the Louisianna Territory which treaty ended border disputes?

the Adams-Onis treaty

500

In what year did Mexico gain it's independence from Spain?

1821

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