The Spanish response to the French and Father Hidalgo and the French
Tensions between which countries continued until the 1700s?
The Spanish and French
True of false: The St. Denis exploration arrived along the Missisippi river?
False, they arrived along the Rio Grande river.
What happened between 1716-1717?
Margil led the group in founding several more missions across the region
What happened after the newly established missions were abandoned in East Texas?
A incident involving French soldiers and a few squawking chickens.
Who was named the Spanish government of Texas?
Martin de Alarcon
What is the name of the first Spanish mission in East Texas, that failed?
San Francisco de los Tejas
What was the name of the explorer the French governor sent to meet Father Hidalgo?
Louis Juchereau de St. Denis
What was the name of the new mission under Construction?
Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas
What presidio would become the capital of the Spanish territory in Texas?
Los Adaes
What was the presidio near the Spanish San Antonio mission called?
San Antonio de Bexar
What was Father Hidalgo asking the governor of Louisiana to do?
To aid Hidalgo in building a mission in East Texas.
True or false: When the St. Denis expedition headed southwest, did they go through the Caddo and Coahuiltecan peoples?
True
How many missions and presidios had Hidalgo, Margii, and Ramon established in Eaast Texas.
One presidio and three missions
Who decided to raid the abandoned mission/ closest Spanish territory to his outpost?
The French Lieutenant
True or false: The mission San Jose y San Juan Miguel de Aguayo would become one of the most sophisticated missions in the state?
True
What was the reason for the hostilities between the Spanish and France?
Hostilities between them, and conflicts inspired by colonial ambitions?
Who motivated the chance to send an expedition and to construct the missions and presidios
New Spain's viceroy Fernando de Alencastre Norona y Silva
Who led the Hidalgo and Margii expedition?
Father Hidalgo, along with a group of soldiers and colonists
What was Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo sent to do?
To reoccupy the missions in East Texas
What is a acequia?
A complex network of dams, flood control gates and irrigation canals.
Why did Father Hidalgo want to build a new mission in East Texas
He wanted to establish a trade relationship between the French and the Spanish.
What did Diego Ramon (the presidio commander) do to St. Denis when they thought he was a Frenchman trespassing on Spanish territory?
He arrested him
What river was the presidio that Captain Ramon established by?
The Neches River
What did the lieutenant and his men steal?
A few religious objects, some of the mission’s provisions, and– most infamously– a few chickens from the mission hen house
What is the road over 1,000 miles long used to deliver supplies?
“El Camino Real”