Friars

Question 1

Father Francisco Hidalgo (What did he do)

Answer 1

Asked French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas

Question 2

Damian Massanet (What did he do)

Answer 2

Priest that built San Francisco de los Tejas

Wanted to build a mission among the Caddo of East Texas

Question 3

Antonio Margil de Jesus (What did he do)

Answer 3

Opened the most successful mission in East Texas

Question 4

Jose de Escandon (What did he do)

Answer 4

Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

Founded 20 settlements in Southern Texas

More than 6,000 people lived in his settlements

Question 5

Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo (What did he do)

Answer 5

Reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War

Established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

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