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What happened in 1519

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Pineda saw and maped the coast of Texas

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What happened in 1718

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San Antonio was made a city

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He was tricked into thinking there were cities of gold up north, and just ended finding grass. Also discovered the Palo Duro Canyon

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Coronado

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Was shipwrecked off the coast of Texas and lead an 8 year long journey back to Mexico City

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Cabeza de Vaca

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Went to the New World to find gold, but a hurricane hit and killed him.

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Narveaz

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Was the first European to set foot in the New World.

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Christopher Columbus

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A French conquistador that founded Ft. St. Louis, but was killed by his own men.

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le Salle

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Privateer

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A ship made to take down other ships and raid them for supplies.

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Concured the Aztecs and built Mexico City

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Hernan Cortes

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The main reasons Europeans were going to the New World

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God, Glory, Gold

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Where did Columbus first land.

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The Bahamas

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What was the name of the Spanish empire in the Americas

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New Spain

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What was the Aztec’s capital named

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Tenochtitlan

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Where was Mexico City Built

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On top of Tenochtitlan

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How did Cabeza de Vaca communicate with the Natives

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He used Estevanico

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Who tricked Coronado

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El Turko

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Who saw the glistening “city of gold” over a hill

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Fray Marcos de Niza the Friar

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Cibola and Quivira are the names of

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the supposed cities of gold

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What was the goal of le Salle’s expedition

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To build a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River

20
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How far off was le Salle from his destination

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400 miles

21
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Why did Spain regain intrest in Texas

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le Salles colony named Ft. St. Louis

22
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Did Pineda ever step foot on Texas (yes or no)

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No

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What was the original name of the Alamo

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Mission San Antonio de Valero

24
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Who founded San Francisco de los Tejas

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Father Damian Massanet

25
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Which city in Texas was created as a halfway point form east to northwest Texas

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San Antonio de Bexar

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What is a mission

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Where the Spanish were converting Natives into their lifestyle and religion.

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What is a Presidio

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A place where soldiers were to defend nearby missions.

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What was San Juan Bautista’s (mission) nickname

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The gateway to Spanish Texas

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What is a canal

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An artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland.

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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 showed that a colony needed families to settle the land.

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Who secretly wrote to the French without Spanish official’s permission

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Father Francisco Hidalgo

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How many missions did Antonio Margil de Jesus found

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Three of them. They are: Nuestra Senora de los Dolores, San Migual de los Adaes, and San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo

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How many settlements did Escandon found

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20

34
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What is Escandon’s nickname

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The Father of the Lower Rio Grande

35
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What was the unofficial capital of New Spain

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los Adaes

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Who went to missions that had been closed and reopened them when Sapin was at War with France.

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Aguayo

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Aguayo built what structure to house his soldiers in

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A Presidio

38
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Why were most Natives unwilling to participate in the missions.

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There were diseases that could kill them and they liked their way of living how it was

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Why is “The Chicken War” named the chicken war

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When France invaded a Mission with only one Friar and one soldier in it they hid. Eventually some chickens got the attention of the French and allowed the Spanish to escape. Also, when the two men ran to the nearest mission and told them about the French, the soldiers chickened out and ran.

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Who was the first European to Explore Texas

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Cabeza de Vaca

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Why did natives want to live in the missions

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To gain protection from enemies.

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