The Spanish Response to the
the______did not exactly race to re-establish missions
Spanish
______________decided to raid the mission as it was the closest Spanish territory to his post
The French Lieutenant
The governor brought _____________ missionaries and soldiers with him
Spanish colonists
This mission would become one of the most ___________ in the state
sophisticated missions
San Antonio de Bexar________________________
(as the missions, presidio and settlements came to be collectively known)
Tensions between the Spanish and the French continued into the _____
1700s
Back in Europe, thousands of miles away from the Back in Europe, thousands of miles away from the _______, Spain and France were at war
colonies
That year, they constructed the __________________ as well as a presidio nearby, which they called San Antonio de Bexar
Mission San Antonio de Valero,
It would eventually house hundreds of _______________, along with elaborate church structures made of stone
Native Americans
To deliver these supplies, the Spanish constructed “El Camino Real”–_____________________________
a road over 1000 miles in length
This was partially due to hostilities between____and ___
Spain , France
By the time he left _______________ had overseen the construction of eight additional missions and three presidios
left East Texas, Aguayo
The Spanish took advantage of the temperate climate and abundant water__________________
from the San Antonio River
The waters of the_________________were diverted into acequias– a complex network of dams,
San Antonio River
San Antonio de Bexar was a major stop along ___________, and a centrally important part of the Spanish effort to settle Texas
El Camino Real
He wanted to establish a trade relationship between the_______and the Spanish
French
One of those presidios– called ________, would become the capital of the Spanish territory in Texas
Los Adaes
One of those missions– the mission San Jose y San Juan Miguel de Aguayo– was built in ______ under the supervision of Father Antonio Margil
1720
These________ were a major factor in the rapid growth and prosperity
acequias
The Spanish abandoned both the mission, leading to its nickname of
“The Lost Mission”
By the early________ he had begun to despair that the Spanish governors would ever approve to build another mission
1700s
they would abandon the missions on the
eastern border
Alarcon began in______along the San Antonio River
1718
He also supervised the construction of ____________ to serve the colonial settlements
15 missions
his was after some __________ had expressed interest in learning about Spanish life
Apache chiefs