Explorers
This Spanish explorer shipwrecked near Galveston, he went on to write a book about his time in Texas
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
When Spain began to develop more land and establish more settlements, it marked an end to Spanish Exploration and began this era
What is the Spanish Colonial Era?
Established as buffers to French territory.
What are presidios?
Territorial fights over the land that became known as Texas erupted between
_______ and _______ during the early years of colonization.
Who are Spain and France?
Many people in Texas speak this language
What is Spanish
His failure to find the Seven Cities of Gold called Cibola stopped Spain from exploring Texas
Who is Francisco Coronado?
The Spanish had territorial fights over Texas with this European nation
What is France?
The main goal of Spanish Friars were to run the missions and convert the Native Americans to this religion
What is Christianity?
Despite fighting for territory Spain allied with this country during the French and Indian War
Who is France?
City names that show Spains lasting impact on Texas
What is El Paso, San Antonio, Corpus Christi?
In 1519 Alonso Álvarez de Pineda was the first European to do this.
What is Map the Coastline of Texas?
To protect their claims to land in Texas against French settlement, the Spanish built these things.
What are missions, presidios, and towns?
Helped create the Mission San Francisco de los Tejas
Who is Damian Massanet
The native people had their own religion, beliefs, and ways of doing things. This led to the failures of many __________ in Texas.
What are missions?
What is Spanish influence on Texas?
French Explorer who caused Spain to pay attention to East Texas again with the built of Fort St. Louis
Who is La Salle?
Mission San Antonio de Valero was established to convert native tribes to
What is Christianity?
He asked the French governor of Louisiana for help expanding missions in East Texas and wrote documents advocating for better treatment of Caddo tribes
Who Father Francisco Hidalgo?
After France lost all their land in North America, who was going to be Spain's new problem
Who is Great Britain
Religion of many people in Texas today
What is Catholicism
This Spanish Explorer inspired many Spanish explorers with his book about his time in Texas
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
Spain eventually gave up trying to colonize this area after many missions were unsuccessful.
What is Texas?
Bonus points: What is East Texas?
Motivations for Spanish exploration (3)
God, Gold, Glory
Spain allied with during the French and Indian War in 1762. After France lost the war, Spain had to cede Florida. What does CEDE mean?
What is to give up?
Why were salt and spices in demand for Europeans in the late 1400's?
Salt was used to preserve food
Spices hid the taste of rotting meat