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1
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Discovered new lands thought to be Asia

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Christopher Columbus

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Inspired explorers to sail West

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Christopher Columbus

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conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain

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Hernan Cortes

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Built Mexico City in New Spain

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Hernan Cortes

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Mapped the coast of Texas along the Gulf of Mexico

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Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

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survivors of his expedition washed ashore in TX

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Panfilo de Narvaez

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survivors of his expedition were stranded in Texas

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Panfilo de Narvaez

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8
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Was shipwrecked and stranded in Texas

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Cabeza de Vaca

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9
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His journey began the Age of Contact

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Cabeza de Vaca

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10
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First European to explore Texas

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Cabeza de Vaca

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Wrote stories about Texas that inspired future explorers.

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Cabeza de Vaca

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12
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Discovered Palo Duro Canyon

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Vasquez de Coronado

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13
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Searched for Cibola and Quivira

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Vasquez de Coronado

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14
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Murdered by his own men

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La Salle

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Established Fort St. Louis

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La Salle

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16
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Claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France

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La Salle

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17
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Priest that built San Francisco de los Tejas

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Damian Massanet

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18
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Wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas

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Damian Massanet

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19
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Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

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Jose de Escandon

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20
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More than 6,000 people lived in his settlements

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Jose de Escandon

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21
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Founded 20 settlements in southern Texas

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Jose de Escandon

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22
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Sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War

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Miguel de Aguayo

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23
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Reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War

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Miguel de Aguayo

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24
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Established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

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Miguel de Aguayo

25
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Opened the most successful mission in East Texas

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Antonio Margil de Jesus

26
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Asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas

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Father Francisco Hidalgo

27
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Which region separated Spanish land?

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New France

28
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Mission chapel is known today as the Alamo

A

San Antonio de Valero

29
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French settlement near Matagorda Bay

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Fort St. Louis

30
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Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

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Los Adaes

31
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First Mission in East Texas

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San Francisco de
los Tejas

32
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place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold

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Quivira

33
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Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas

A

San Antonio de Bexar

34
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What was Tenochtitlan?

A

The Aztec Capital

35
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Mission that was built 35 miles away from the Rio Grande in 1699, later moved closer to the river for better water access

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San Juan Bautista

36
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Presidio located on the Neches River

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Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de los Tejas

37
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Oversaw the work of Presidio San Antonio de Bexar

A

Martin de Alarcon

38
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Founded Mission San Antonio de Valero

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San Buenaventura y Olivares

39
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A Presidio that Aguayo built near Matagorda Bay

A

La Bahia

40
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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

A

The Chicken War

41
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Why is France Spain’s greatest rival?

A

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

42
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When did Columbus discover the New World?

A

1492

43
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When did Cortes Hernan Cortes sail from Cuba to the east coast of Mexico to establish the settlement of Veracruz?

A

1519

44
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When did Cortes start his conquest of the Aztec Empire?

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1519

45
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When did Pineda map the Texas Coast?

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1519

46
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When was Narvaez sent to Florida to find gold, but ended up getting his expedition sucked up in a hurricane?

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1527

47
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When was Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked in Texas?

A

1528

48
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When did Coronado search for the cities of Cibola and Quivira?

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1540

49
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When was La Salle sent to establish a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River?

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1684

50
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Sent to the Americas to establish a colony by the Mississippi, instead missed the Mississippi by 400 miles

A

La Salle

51
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Built to convert and educate native peoples in Spanish culture and religion

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Mission

52
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Fort; built to house soldiers who protected settlers

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Presidio

53
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Built to house settlers

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Town

54
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A disagreement or fight

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Conflict

55
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to act on; to influence

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Affect

56
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A Catholic priest who belongs to a religious order

A

Frair

57
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A group of advisors

A

Council

58
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When was the Presidio of San Antonio de Bexar established?

A

1718

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