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Age of explration Flashcards

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What did Pineda do and when did he do it?

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He mapped the Texas coastline in 1519

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When was San Antonio Founded

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1718

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What was the first mission in East Texas?

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San Fransisco de los Tejas

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What was the name of the French settlement near Matagorda Bay?

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Fort St. Louis

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Who is the Father of the lower Rio Grande Valley

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Jose de Escadon

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What is the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas?

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Los Adaes

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What mission chapel is known today as the Alamo

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San Antonio de Valero

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What was the place in the Great Plains said to be filled with gold

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Quivera

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9
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Who conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain

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Hernan Cortes

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Who was the first European to explore Texas

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Cabeza de Vaca

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Who searched for Cibola and Quivera

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Fransesco de Coranado

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What explorer was killed by his own men

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La Salle

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What is a Privateer

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an armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of enemy merchant shipping.

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What is a stockade?

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A fortification

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What expedition was Cabeza de Vaca on

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The Narvaez expedition

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16
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Who opened the most successful mission in Texas?

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Antonio Margil de Jesus

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Who founded 20 settlements with 6000 people living in them?

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Jose de Escadon

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Who wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East texas?

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Damian Massanet

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Who was the priest that built San Fransisco de los Tejas?

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Damian Massanet

18
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Who Established Los Adaes the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas?

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Aguayo

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Who reopened missions that had been abandoned during the chicken war

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Aguayo

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Why is the Chicken War called the Chicken War?

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Because the Friar and Soldier were acting like chickens by running away from the French when they saw them coming. Also when the French tried to capture the mission chicken making noise distracted the Spanish which gave the Soldier and Friar a way to escape

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Who discovered the Palo Duro Canyon?

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Coronado

22
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What is the Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas?

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San Antonio de Bexar

23
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Who built a presido near Matagorda bay called La Bahia

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Aguayo

24
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What Mission/Presidio was constantly moving and good for trades

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La Bahia

25
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The main reasons Europeans wanted to go to the Americas

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God, Glory, Gold

26
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What was the Aztec Capital named

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Tenochtitlan

27
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Who saw the glistening cities of gold

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Fran Marcos

28
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What was the main goal of La Salle’s expedition

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To form a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi river

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What was the significance of San Francisco de Los Tejas

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It strengthened Spain’s claim to Texas and to show that colonies need families to settle the land

30
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Who tricked Coronado into believing the cities of gold

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El Turko

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How did Cabeza de Vaca communicate with the Natives

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He used Estvanico

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What was San Juan Bautista’s nickname

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The gateway to Spanish Texas

33
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Why did Spain regain interest in Texas

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Because fort St louis was near Texas and they were afraid of France trying to take control of Texas

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Who secretly wrote the French without Spanish official permission

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Father Francesco Hidalgo

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What Native American tribe helped Cabeza de Vaca

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Karankawa

36
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What was the main reason missions failed

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Native american disenterest and disease

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