Spanish Missions
What is a religious community that the Spanish and Natives lived together in?
Missions
The character or style of a building
architecture
Three reason natives would go to a mission?
Food, shelter, and protection
Catholicism
La Bahia
What year was San Antonio founded?
1718
What were natives encouraged to do when in the missions other than converting to christianity?
encouraged to learn a trade such as farming, ranching, wood working, weaving, etc
Who established San Francisco de los Tejas?
How much did the United States grow during the Louisiana Purchase?
It doubled in size
Where were missions usually built?
Near Rivers, Roads, and other missions
Mission San Antonio de Valero is important in Texas History because it was defended in the Texas Revolution during the battle of what?
The Alamo
Along with turning ones to catholicism, what else were missions used for?
To claim land
Who established the most successful mission in Texas?
Father Antonio Margil de Jesus
In what year was the Louisiana Purchase?
1803
Who influenced many Texas cities and physical features?
Spain
most successful mission in Texas
San Jose
What was built to protect missions?
Presidios
Who went behind Spain's back and asked the French to build his mission?
Francisco Hidalgo
What country sold the Louisiana Purchase to the United States?
France
What provided food and overtime grew into small settlements?
Ranches
first mission in Texas
Mission San Francisco de los Tejas
What Texas industry can trace its beginning to Spanish Colonial Missions?
Cattle Industry
My main goal as a Spanish friar during the colonial era in Texas is to what?
spread the Catholic faith to the natives
What deal was made for 15 million dollars?
Louisiana Purchase
Why was the Adams-Onis Treaty is important in Texas History?
It settled the border between the U.S. and Spanish Texas