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Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

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San Antonio de Bexar

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French settlement near Matagorda Bay

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Los Adaes

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3
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First Mission in East Texas

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San Francisco de los Tejas

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Mission Chapel is known today as the Alamo

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San Antonio de Valero

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5
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place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold

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Quivira

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Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas

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Fort St. Louis

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_____ were built to house soldiers who protected settlers

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Presidios

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When the ships reached Haiti, a Spanish _______ captured one of the French vessels.

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Privateer

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La Salle and his men built Fort St. Louis. It was not truly a settlement but a _____

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stockade

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_____ were founded to convert and educate the native peoples in the Spanish culture and religion.

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Missions

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Spain’s highest-ranking official in New Spain was ____ Antonio de Mendoza.

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viceroy

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Coronado was a young noble who had been named governor of one of the ______ of New Spain.

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provinces

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13
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Spanish ______ helped to conquer and settle lands for Spain

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conquistadors

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La Salle led an expedition to _______ the entire length of the Mississippi River.

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Navigate

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15
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What year did Christopher Columbus explore

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1492

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What number is this event, Columbus discovers the Americas.

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2

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What number is this event, Conquistadores map the coastline while searching for the Northwest Passage.

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3

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What number is this event, Conquistadors explore the interior of Texas.

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4

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What number is this event, The French build a fort in Texas.

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5

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20
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Which region separated Spanish land

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New France

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21
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What were the two main reasons missions failed?

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Native American Disinterest
Disease

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What is the main reason Native Americans chose to live the in the missions?

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for protection from enemies

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23
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What year did Alonso Alvarez de Pineda explore

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1519

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What year did Hernan Cortes explore

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1519

25
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What year did Panfilo de Narvaez explore

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1527

26
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What type of explorer was Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes, Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, and Panfilo de Narvaez

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Spain/Spanish

27
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Who Discovered new lands thought to be Asia

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Christopher Columbus

28
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Who inspired explorers to sail West

A

Christopher Columbus

29
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Who conquered Aztec Empire for Spain

A

Hernan Cortes

30
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Who built Mexico City in New Spain

A

Hernan Cortes

31
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who mapped the Texas coastline

A

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

32
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who was first European to see the TX coast

A

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

33
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who drew maps of the Gulf of Mexico that were used by other explorers

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Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

34
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whos survivors of his expedition were stranded in Texas

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Panfilo de Narvaez

35
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whos survivors of his expedition washed ashore in TX

A

Panfilo de Narvaez

36
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who Wrote stories about Texas that inspired future explorers.

A

Cabeza De Vaca

37
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whos journey began the Age of Contact

A

Cabeza De Vaca

38
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who was the European to explore Texas

A

Cabeza De Vaca

39
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who was Shipwrecked on the Texas Coast

A

Cabeza De Vaca

40
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when did Cabeza De Vaca explore

A

1528

41
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What type of explorer was Cabeza De Vaca and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

A

spanish

42
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who discovered Palo Duro Canyon

A

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

43
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who searched for Cibola and Quivira

A

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

44
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when did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explore

A

1540

45
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who was Murdered by his own men

A

Renee-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de
la Salle

46
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who claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France

A

Renee-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de
la Salle

47
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who Established Fort St. Louis

A

Renee-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de
la Salle

48
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when did Renee-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de
la Salle explore

A

1684

49
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who Asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas

A

Father Francisco Hidalgo

50
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who was the Priest that built San Francisco de los Tejas

A

Damian Massanet

51
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who wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas?

A

Damian Massanet

52
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who opened the most successful mission in East Texas?

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Antonio Margil de Jesus

53
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who was the father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

A

Jose de Escandon

54
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More than 6,000 people lived in his settlement

A

Jose de Escandon

55
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who founded 20 settlements in southern Texas

A

Jose de Escandon

56
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who sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War

A

Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo

57
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who established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

A

Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo

58
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who reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War

A

Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo

59
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Which European rival was the greatest threat to Spain’s North American lands?

A

New France

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