Explorers & Friars & Stuff Flashcards
What is the key date for Cortes and Pineda?
1519
What was a presidio?
A fort built to house soldiers who protected settlers.
What is a privateer?
People who are on sea conducting in warfair.
What is a stockade?
A crude fort.
What was a mission?
It was a settlement to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
What is a viceroy?
A high-ranking official.
What is a province?
Land owned by a country.
What is a conquistador?
A Spanish explorer who claimed land and searched for gold.
What is navigate?
To navigate through something :D
What did Christopher Columbus Achieve?
He found land thought to be Asian and inspired explorers to sail West.
What did Hernan Cortes Achieve?
He defeated the Aztecs and built New Spain on its ruins.
What did Coronado achieve?
He searched for cities of gold. He thought he found one, but it was just golden hour :/
What did la Salle achieve?
He established Fort St. Louis, but it failed.
What did Pineda achieve?
He mapped the coastline of Texas and was the first European to see the Texas coast.
What did Narvaez achieve?
He led an expedition to Texas but died when his ship crashed.
What did Father Francisco Hidalgo want the French to do?
He asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas.
Who wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas?
Damian Massanet!
Who was killed by his own men?
La Salle :(
Who discovered Palo Duro Canyon?
Coronado!
Who built San Francisco de los Tejas?
Damian Massanet
Who opened the most successful mission in East Texas?
Antonio Margil de Jesus :o
Who founded 20 settlements in southern Texas with over 6,000 people.
Jose de Escandon :D
Who is known as the “Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley”?
Jose de Escandon
Who established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas?
Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo
Who was sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War?
Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo
Who reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War?
Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo
What was the Chicken War in Texas?
France declared war on Spain and when a French outpost heard they attacked a Spanish outpost.
Where was Fort St. Louis?
It was a French settlement near Matagorda Bay.
What was Los Adaes?
The unofficial capital of Spanish Texas?
What was the first mission in East Texas?
San Francisco de los Tejas
What is San Antonio de Valero known as today?
The Alamo!
What was Quivira?
A place in the Great Plains said to be filled with gold.
Where was San Antonio de Bexar located?
Midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas!
What happened in 1718?
San Antonio was founded!
Who wrote stories about Texas?
Cabeza de Vaca
