Vocabulary
Quartz that sparks when struck by steel; typically used to start fires.
What is flint?
The first Spanish Mission in East Texas.
What is San Francisco de los Tejas?
The name of Spain's empire in the New World (the Americas).
What is New Spain?
The first Spanish explorer to map the Gulf of Mexico coastline.
Who is Alonso Alvarez de Pineda?
What is Spain?
A Spanish soldier coming to the New World to conquer land for Spain.
What is a Conquistador?
The geographical barriers that affected the accessibility of Spanish Missions.
What are shallow coastal waters?
This settlement forced Spain to send troops under Alonso de Leon with the goal to keep French out of Spanish Texas territory.
What is Fort St. Louis?
The explorer who discovered the Mississippi River Valley for France.
Who is La Salle?
Some of his achievements include conquering the Aztecs and setting up Mexico and Mexico City for Spain.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
When people from another country set up a settlement in a new land, typically to benefit their home country.
What is colonization?
When most of the missions were built in Texas.
What is the 1700s, or the 18th century?
After learning of French presence in East Texas territory, this country planned to set up Missions to claim Spanish Texas and discourage future French settlements.
What is Spain?
Led troops to East Texas to drive the French out. He later helped build the first Spanish Mission in East Texas.
Who is Alonso de Leon?
He encouraged the French to build a mission in East Texas so the area would be more friendly for future settlers.
Who is the Spanish Father Hidalgo?
A person who has survived a shipwreck and is typically lost.
What is a castaway?
A lack of Native Americans' interest in being converted, crop failure, and spread of disease.
What are reasons why the Mission San Francisco was abandoned?
During the 17th and 18th centuries (1600s and 1700s), these two European countries attempted to create a presence or colony in current day Texas.
What are Spain and France?
He spent about 8 years in captivity and almost 2 years walking through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico.
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
He explored the southwest part of North America looking for Cibola (the 7 cities of Gold) and mapped and cataloged species in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas
Who is Francisco Vazquez de Coronado?
A Roman Catholic Priest.
What is a friar?
(1) To establish Spain's claim to the territory of Texas; (2) to attract the surrounding Native Americans and convert them to the Spanish language and faith; (3) to teach the Native Americans how to farm and ranch; (4) to make the territory peaceful for Spanish settlers
What are the purposes of the Spanish Missions?
(1) Poor shipping lanes making access to them by sea difficult; (2) Lack of Native American interest; (3) Disease spread from the Spanish explorers to the Native Americans; (4) Crop Failure
What are reasons why Spanish Missions ultimately failed?
Spanish conquistador who searched for a city of gold (Cibola) but only found fertile land for farming.
Who is Francisco Vazquez de Coronado?
He spent 8 years crossing what is now Texas and Mexico in order to find his way home; his survival depended on his friendship with Native Americans, which he strengthened when he saved a Native American's life.
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?