Explorers A
Set sail in the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. October 1492, he landed what he thought was Southeast Asia but we know the area today as the Bahamas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
A Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land in the Americas. The Spanish word meaning conquerors.
What is a conquistador?
Built in 1718, today, the chapel of the mission that Father Olicares and Alarcon built is the number one tourist attraction in Texas.
What is the Alamo?
Went in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola. Explored the area of West Texas Plains after failing to find the cities of gold.
Who is Coronado?
Red headed explorer founded the city of Veracruz and thought by the Aztecs to be a legendary god.
Who is Cortes?
A pirate, especially one who preyed on ships during the 1600s.
What is a buccaneer?
To convert native peoples to Christianity and help Spain secure its claim to the land.
What were the purposes of missions?
Who is de Soto?
Who is Narvaez?
A settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people of the area.
What is a mission?
After the humiliating Chicken War, the ____________ had established themselves firmly in Texas. They now had missions and presidios at key points on the frontier. Texas was finally secure.
Who were the Spaniards?
Unable to find the mouth of the Mississippi River, he reached the Galveston Bay and then established Fort Louis.
Who is La Salle?
One of the 4 survivors of Narvaez's expedition. His self-taught medical skills helped he and his men remain on good terms with the native people they encountered. This man and his companions were the first to explore the interior of Texas
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
A military post or fortified settlement in an area under Spanish control.
What is a presidio?
Mission San Francisco de los Tejas
What was the first mission in East Texas?
During his fourth land expedition, found Fort St. Louis abandoned and lying in ruins. Then found fertile soul and good climate in what is now East Texas and visited several Caddoes.
Who was de Leon?
Sailed from Jamaica to Cabo Rojo, Mexico. He and his men were the first Europeans to observe the Texas coast.
Who is Alvarez de Peneda?
To grant the power or authority to carry out a specific task.
What is a commission?
The 7 French soldiers looted a mission, taking livestock and other items. A prisoner escaped and exaggerated the French presence, scaring the East Texas settlers and thus won the "war."
What is the "Chicken War"?
Who is de Alvarado?