Spanish Vocabulary
What is a military base used to protect a Spanish settlement?
What is Presidio
Which European nation challenged Spain’s claim by exploring Texas?
What is France
What was a main purpose of Spanish missions?
What is Religious conversion and spreading Spanish influence
What 1803 agreement nearly doubled the size of the United States?
A. Treaty of Paris
B. Adams–Onís Treaty
C. Gadsden Purchase
D. Louisiana Purchase
What is D. Louisiana Purchase
Which indengionus group signed a peace treaty with Spain in 1785?
What is Comanche
What was the Royal Road connecting East Texas missions to Mexico City?
A. El Camino Real
B. Rio Grande
C. Camino de Santiago
D. Santa Fe Trail
What is A. El Camino Real
Who established Fort St. Louis near Matagorda Bay?
What is La Salle
Why did the Pueblo Revolt occur?
A. French troops attacked Pueblo towns
B. Spain sold Louisiana
C. A drought destroyed all missions
D. Spanish attempts to suppress Indigenous spiritual beliefs
What is D. Spanish attempts to suppress Indigenous spiritual beliefs
Which Spanish official recommended moving the Texas capital from Los Adaes?
What is Marqués de Rubí
Why did Spain seek friendship with the Comanche?
What is to gain their help against the Apache
What name did the Spanish use for the Hasinai people?
A. Apache
B. Comanche
C. Tejas
D. Karankawa
What is C. Tejas
Which river did La Salle explore, helping France claim Louisiana?
What is Mississippi River
How did missions and presidios support one another?
What is Missions promoted conversion and settlement; presidios provided military protection
What word means officially giving territory to another country?
A. Annex
B. Explore
C. Cede
D. Revolt
What is C. Cede
What challenge weakened Spain’s northern borderlands in the 1760s?
A. Too many Spanish settlers
B. The discovery of gold
C. A treaty with the United States
D. Spain lacked enough people, power, and resources to hold the territory
What is D. Spain lacked enough people, power, and resources to hold the territory
What was the name of the failed Spanish mission founded in East Texas in 1690?
A. San Antonio de Valero
B. Mission Espiritu Santo
C. Mission San José
D. Mission San Francisco de los Tejas
Waht is D. Mission San Francisco de los Tejas
What settlement was founded by La Salle’s expedition?
What is Fort St. Louis
What mission was founded on the San Antonio River?
A. Mission San Francisco de los Tejas
B. Mission Los Adaes
C. Mission San Antonio de Valero
D. Mission San Sabá
What is C Mission San Antonio de Valero
Which 1763 agreement transferred Louisiana to Spain?
What is Treat of Paris
Why did Spain allow some immigration from the United States?
What is to increase population
What is a revolt?
A. An uprising against authority
B. An agreement between nations
C. A religious settlement
D. A trade route
What is A. An uprising against authority
Why did Spain pay closer attention to East Texas after La Salle?
A. To establish a new U.S. state
B. To abandon its Texas claims
C. To protect its territorial claims against French activity
D. To end all trade with Indigenous peoples
Waht is C. To protect its territorial claims against French activity
What religious group came to Texas to convert Indigenous peoples to Catholicism?
A. Franciscans
B. Pilgrims
C. Puritans
D. Quakers
What is A. Franciscans
What town did Antonio Gil Ybarbo establish as a gateway between Texas and Louisiana?
What is Nacogdoches
What 1819 treaty led the United States to give up its claim to Texas?
A. Treaty of Paris
B. Treaty of Versailles
C. Adams–Onís Treaty
D. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What is C. Adams–Onís Treaty