Explorers Flashcards
Discovered new lands thought to be Asia
Christopher Columbus
Inspired explorers to sail West
Christopher Columbus
conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain
Hernan Cortes
Built Mexico City in New Spain
Hernan Cortes
Mapped the coast of Texas along the Gulf of Mexico
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
survivors of his expedition washed ashore in TX
Panfilo de Narvaez
survivors of his expedition were stranded in Texas
Panfilo de Narvaez
Was shipwrecked and stranded in Texas
Cabeza de Vaca
His journey began the Age of Contact
Cabeza de Vaca
First European to explore Texas
Cabeza de Vaca
Wrote stories about Texas that inspired future explorers.
Cabeza de Vaca
Discovered Palo Duro Canyon
Vasquez de Coronado
Searched for Cibola and Quivira
Vasquez de Coronado
Murdered by his own men
La Salle
Established Fort St. Louis
La Salle
Claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France
La Salle
Priest that built San Francisco de los Tejas
Damian Massanet
Wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas
Damian Massanet
Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Jose de Escandon
More than 6,000 people lived in his settlements
Jose de Escandon
Founded 20 settlements in southern Texas
Jose de Escandon
Sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War
Miguel de Aguayo
Reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War
Miguel de Aguayo
Established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas
Miguel de Aguayo
Opened the most successful mission in East Texas
Antonio Margil de Jesus
Asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas
Father Francisco Hidalgo
Which region separated Spanish land?
New France
Mission chapel is known today as the Alamo
San Antonio de Valero
French settlement near Matagorda Bay
Fort St. Louis
Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas
Los Adaes
First Mission in East Texas
San Francisco de
los Tejas
place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold
Quivira
Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas
San Antonio de Bexar
What was Tenochtitlan?
The Aztec Capital
Mission that was built 35 miles away from the Rio Grande in 1699, later moved closer to the river for better water access
San Juan Bautista
Presidio located on the Neches River
Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de los Tejas
Oversaw the work of Presidio San Antonio de Bexar
Martin de Alarcon
Founded Mission San Antonio de Valero
San Buenaventura y Olivares
A Presidio that Aguayo built near Matagorda Bay
La Bahia
A conflict in which the French post of Natchitoches “attacked” a Spanish mission with only one soldier and one fair present. Later, the two Spaniards would escape from their captors
The Chicken War
Why is France Spain’s greatest rival?
Because Spain’s colonies were split in two by New France, the French could easily take control of their colonies in places like modern-day Florida because of the difficulty of shipping supplies to those split-off colonies
When did Columbus discover the New World?
1492
When did Cortes Hernan Cortes sail from Cuba to the east coast of Mexico to establish the settlement of Veracruz?
1519
When did Cortes start his conquest of the Aztec Empire?
1519
When did Pineda map the Texas Coast?
1519
When was Narvaez sent to Florida to find gold, but ended up getting his expedition sucked up in a hurricane?
1527
When was Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked in Texas?
1528
When did Coronado search for the cities of Cibola and Quivira?
1540
When was La Salle sent to establish a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River?
1684
Sent to the Americas to establish a colony by the Mississippi, instead missed the Mississippi by 400 miles
La Salle
Built to convert and educate native peoples in Spanish culture and religion
Mission
Fort; built to house soldiers who protected settlers
Presidio
Built to house settlers
Town
A disagreement or fight
Conflict
to act on; to influence
Affect
A Catholic priest who belongs to a religious order
Frair
A group of advisors
Council
When was the Presidio of San Antonio de Bexar established?
1718
