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After exploring the area, he returned to France and asked the king for permission to establish a settlement near the river’s mouth. The King agreed to La Salle’s proposal. Because they knew a colony so close to Texas would anger the Spanish, the French kept their plan a closely guarded secret. What was the name of this King?
King Louis XIV
What is another name for revolution?
Revolt
Arriving in the land of the Tejas, the Spanish claimed the region for their king. They then picked a site west of the Neches River. The Spanish set to work building a mission. After only a few days, they finished building ___________________. This mission would later be burned to the ground on October 25 1693.
San Francisco de los Tejas
Back at the settlement, fewer than 30 people were left, mostly women and children. Karankawa Indians attacked and overran the fort. They killed all of the adult settlers and destroyed the fort. Five children were taken captive by the Karankawas. The children were kept by the Karankawas until they were rescued later.In what years did this happen?
1688 or 1689
Many American Indians helped build and maintain the missions. But many other Indians did not want missions on their lands and opposed Spanish attempts to change their ways of life. To protect the missions from attack, the Spanish built ___________, or military bases, near the missions. Soldiers in these forts were generally responsible for protecting several missions
Presidios
In 1682 a French explorer expanded France’s empire. He canoed down the Mississippi River to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. There he planted the French flag and claimed all of the land drained by the Mississippi for France. The explorer would later be killed by one of his own soilders during a violent argument during a trek to southeast Texas. What was the name of this explorer?
Sieur de La Salle
The Spanish built missions among the Pueblo Indians as well as ranches and towns. Tensions arose when the Spanish tried to make the Pueblos grow food for them. In addition, missionaries attempted to stop the Pueblo from practicing their traditional religious beliefs. In 1680 a Pueblo spiritual leader named __________ led a revolt against the Spanish. This Pueblo Revolt forced the Spanish settlers out of northern New Mexico.
Popé
What Hasani word that the Spanish word Tejas was derived from.
Friend
The Indians who the Spanish angered and would later overunn and attacked the St. Louis Fort killing all the adult settlers and taking 5 children captive.
Karankawa
The Spanish wanted local American Indians to live within the mission walls. With the support of Spanish civilians, missionaries could teach the Indians about not only farming but also _______________.
Catholicism
By 1684 five settlements had been established along the south bank of the Rio Grande. Among these settlements was Ysleta, established as a home for who?
Tigua Indians
In the 1600s the Spanish settled along the upper Rio Grande in New Mexico. They built missions among the Pueblo Indians as well as ranches and towns, including ________________.
Santa Fe
A Franciscan priest who traveled with de Leon on his expedition.De León wanted to built presidios alongside the missions to provide a strong military presence. The Priest argued that soldiers would only interfere with the work of the missionaries. He was also the one who believed the Hasinais were interested in the establishment of a mission.
Damián Massanet
When did the Salle expedition come ashore of Matagorda Bay,on the Texas coast?
February 1685
What is another name for Spanish religious communities?
Missions
Ysleta was founded on the south bank of the Rio Grande, but flooding altered the river’s course in the 1800s. Ysleta is also the oldest Hispanic settlement. Where modern state does it now reside in?
Texas
What year was Santa Fe founded?
1610
In addition to the French settlement, the Spanish met the Hasinais on their travels. What did the Spaniards call the Indians?
Tejas
La Salle and the others quickly realized they could not live on the coast’s marshy lowlands. They moved inland several miles and built a settlement near Garcitas Creek. The settlement consisted of several simple houses and a five-room fort made of timbers from the wrecked ship. What was the name of this settlement.
Fort St. Louis
Because few Spaniards lived in these borderlands, the Spanish sent missionaries there to establish missions. Alongside the missionaries, the Spanish sent soldiers and civilian settlers. The soldiers were to provide protection for their fellow Spaniards. This time in which the Spanish first arrived in Texas is called what in history?
Spanish Colonial Period
An expedition that left France in the summer of 1684. It had four ships and about 300 soldiers and settlers. The expedition ran into trouble when Spanish pirates captured one ship. What was the name of this expedition?
La Salle Expedition
A settlement that included a mission church and homes for both Spanish and Indian families. This settlement was founded on the south bank of the Rio Grande, but flooding altered the river’s course in the 1800s. This left it on the northern bank.
Ysleta
Who was the first governor of Spanish Texas?
Domingo Terán de los Ríos
Soon after the founding of Fort St. Louis, the Spanish tried to drive the French from Texas. Officials sent six expeditions by land and five by sea. Attempts at locating the settlement in 1686 and 1687 failed.A Spanish governor, led another expedition in 1689, he would return to Texas with several missionaries and about 100 soldiers.
Alonso de León
What is another Spanish word for ranches?
Ranchos