A group of buildings and a church where people lived and worked while learning Christianity.
Mission
a military settlement built to protect the missions.
Presidio
a person who has been persuaded to change their religious beliefs.
convert
the supply of water to land or crops to help growth.
irrigation
a member of certain religious order.
Friar
he carefully designed structure of something.
architecture
a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against another country.
filibuster
an act of open or violent resistance to an established government.
rebellion
an American wild horse that is typically small and lightly built
mustang
not helping nor supporting either side in a conflict.
neutral
a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose.
expedition
farm animals regarded as an asset.
livestock
The first permanent mission built in Texas.
Helped with the construction of San Francisco de los Tejas.
Damien Massanet
Dedicated his life to work among the Natives in east Texas.
Father Francisco Hidalgo
Mission/Presidio built along the San Antonio River. Later called the Alamo.
San Antonio de Valero
The presidio that later became San Antonio.
San Antonio de Bexar.
He established San Jose y San Miguel Aguayo in 1720.
Antonio Margil de Jesus.
This became the most successful of all Texas missions
San Jose y San Miguel Aguayo.
a major route that connected Spanish settlements in North America with Mexico City.
El Camino Real
This filibuster came into Texas with permission from the Spanish government until he came in with 20 men. Later executed.
Philip Nolan
Issued the Grito de Delores which called for Mexican independence from Spain.
Father Miguel Hidalgo
This group clashed with the Spanish army in the Battle of Medina
Gutierrez-Magee expedition
Because he was angry over the Adams-Onis Treaty, he led a group that declared independence from Spain.
Dr. James Long
Joined forces with the poor people of Mexico to fight against Spanish rule.
Agustin de Iturbide