French vs. Spanish Texas
Native Texans
Explorers
Road to Colonization
Empresarios and Settlers
100


After La Salle established Fort St. Louis, Spain took this step to secure East Texas.



  • Because Spain wanted to renew efforts to establish missions and permanent settlements in East Texas


100


This Native Texas cultural region’s people hunted, gathered, fished, and traveled mostly by canoe



Gulf Coast Culture region


100


This was a major motivation for early European exploration of the Americas



desire to find gold


100


Napoleon sold this large territory to the United States.



Louisiana Purchase


100


This group of 297 Anglo settlers was among the first to settle in Texas.



Old Three Hundred


200


Spain established this mission in 1690 as it increased its presence in Texas



Mission San Francisco de los Tejas


200


  • The Caddo built these kinds of homes and farmed crops such as beans, pumpkins, and tobacco.



grass houses


200


In 1519, this explorer mapped the Texas coastline.



Alonso Álvarez de Pineda


200


This conflict in New Spain grew from tensions between peninsulares and creoles.



Mexican War of Independence


200


This title describes Moses Austin, Stephen F. Austin, and Martín de León.



 empresarios


300


This Spanish priest cooperated with French authorities in Louisiana to bring missions to East Texas.



Francisco Hidalgo


300


These Plains peoples were generally nomadic, hunting bison and moving to find resources.



 Comanche and Apache


300


This explorer’s account described Native peoples and his journey through Texas.



Cabeza de Vaca


300


This region became especially popular with early settlers because its flat land made travel and settlement easier.



Coastal Plains


300


This empresario established a colony that was settled by Mexican families.



Martín de León


400


Spain wanted Texas to serve as this kind of territory between Spanish lands and European rivals



 so it becomes a buffer zone


400


 Cabeza de Vaca described this tool, used to catch fish, as evidence of Indigenous adaptation.





cane weirs


400


 Cabeza de Vaca’s reputation as this helped him travel safely through Texas.



 a healer


400


Spain increased its efforts to occupy Texas after this French settlement was established.



 Fort St. Louis


400


Stephen F. Austin received a contract allowing him to bring this many families to Texas.



800 families


500


Name the chain of events that explains how La Salle’s French settlement led Spain to increase control of Texas.



France established Fort St. Louis; Spain viewed it as a threat to its northern frontier, sent expeditions to find the settlement, and increased its efforts to occupy Texas by establishing missions and settlements


500


Compared with many Coastal Plains tribes, Comanche and Apache communities relied more on these two activities.



hunting and warfare


500


Name the Spanish explorer whose Mississippi-region journey prompted Spain to renew efforts to establish missions and settlements in East Texas



Sieur de La Salle


500


The empresario system and this similar immigration plan both encouraged settlement by offering land.



land grants


500


This person, often called the “Father of Texas,” helped bring Anglo settlers to Texas.



Stephen F. Austin