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Spanish Colonization
Spanish Explorers
Settlements
France in Texas
Communities
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Who was the explorer who defeated the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortez
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Who mapped the coast of Texas?
de Pineda
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What is a presidio?
a Spanish fortress
100
What was the name of the French explorer who settled Matagorda Bay?
La Salle
100
Wat was the biggest community in early Texas?
San Antonio
200
What were the 3 G's?
God, Glory, Gold
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Who sent back the first reports on the natives of Texas?
Cabeza de Vaca
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What indian tribe attacked Spanish settlements in the Great Plains area?
the Comanche and Apache
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What was the settlement that La Salle established?
Fort St. Louis
200
how did soldiers have to spend their time back in the Spanish settlement?
they had to work and be heads of their families
300
Where did the Spanish believe the wealth of the new world was at?
Mexico
300
Who sailed to America in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
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What was the name of the halfway point between Mexico and East Texas?
San Antonio
300
What river did the French want to control?
the Mississippi
300
Did the native Americans have to stay in the Spanish mission if they did not want to?
no they did not
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What is a Spanish mission?
a church
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What is the city of gold known as?
Eldorado
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what type of settlement did the Chicken War take place in?
a presidio
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What did France kill to spark a war between them and Spain?
a chicken
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What halted the building of missions in east Texas?
the small war with France
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What was the main function of a mission?
to convert the natives
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What is the era between 1500 and 1600 known as?
The Age of Contact
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why did the production of settlements halt for Spain?
because Spain ran out of money?
500
What year was Fort St. Louis established?
1685
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What was the new mix of Spanish and Indian people called?
Tejanos