Spanish Explorers
What significant event happened in 1519
Pineda mapped the Texas coast line
What happened to La Salle’s expedition?
Shipwrecked, His men committed mutiny and killed him. Bad relations with the Indians
Name for a settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people in the area
Mission
Mexican National Era
Empresario system
Who developed a plan to move American families into Texas, Lost his fortune in the panic of 1819
Moses Austin
What motivated Spanish explorers to want to travel to Texas?
God, Gold and Glory
What was La Salle searching for
The mouth of the Mississippi
What was life in a mission like?
learn the Spanish way of life. In the missions, life followed a regular pattern of worship and work. The day started at dawn with religious services. For at least an hour, priests taught mission Indians about the Catholic faith.
What event happened in 1821
Mexico won independence from Spain
Who moved 300 American families to Texas
Stephen F Austin
Name for a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas
conquistador
_____________was given ships, colonists, and soldiers by the French King to start a new colony at the mouth of the Mississippi. He landed at Matagorda Bay instead. He tried to establish a colony, but failed because of attacks by American Indians and disease.
La Salle
Why did the Spanish adopt the process of building missions and presidios?
To convert Native Texans to Catholics and colonize Texas
Establishment of farms and ranches
Anglo
Who alcalde (mayor) of San Antonio de Béxar
Juan Erasmo Seguín
What Negative effect did the Spanish bring to Texas
Disease
Hildalgo
missionaries who brought Catholicism
Who were the major leaders of the mission-presidio building process?
Missionaries and Friars
Secularization of missions and presidios
Mexicans
factors that helped San Felipe succeed?
Located by water, and busy area
What events and individuals were significant in the Spanish
Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked near Galveston and learned and respected the Indians
Farms that overtime grew into small settlements
Ranchos
Name for a settlement of people to new territories
Colonization
Establishment of missions and presidios
Spaniards
What caused tension between texas settlers and the Mexican Government
Slavery