Missions Flashcards
Jobs for Women
Cleaning Cooking
Mission life
Chores church
Jobs for men
Guarding smithing killing animals
Children life
Chores School
Where did some San Antonio family’s come from
Canary Island
How has the Spanish left their influence on Texas
Architecture food and language
Why did they build missions in west Texas
Convert natives
Why did Spanish establish in Texas
Keep the French out
How did Spanish establish themselves
Build missions presidios etc…
Fists Spanish Settlement
Valero Alamo de Bexar
Name 5 missions chronological order
Alamo San Jose San Juan Espada, conception
What happened in 1718
San Antonio founded
Kids go to
School
What agriculture system brought Spanish to bring San Antonio valley
Irrigation
Where did Natives go in missions.
Church
What was life like for Spanish soldiers
They did everything for little pay.
What was mission life like
Doing chores, church
Why did natives reject mission life
They did not beleive in catholosims
Did Men work
Yes
Did the Spanish soldiers get paid a lot.
No
Chief of local city grounds
Alcade
Who found Fort St. Louis abandoned and in ruins
Alonso de Leon
What was the first mission built in east Texas
San Francisco de los Tejas
Who was sent to destroy Fort St. Louis
Alonso de Leon
What was the Alamo first known as
San Antonio de Valero
Did the Tejas accept the new religion
No
What year was Corpus Christi de la yleta
1682
Vaquero
Cowboy
Most all Spanish missions were built by
Rivers
What was once the capitol of Spanish Texas
La Bahia
What were missions built for
Convert Natives
What were Spanish missions built for
Expand the Spanish Empire
Father Massanet and the Friars abandoned San Francisco de las Tejas why?
The natives did not want to convert
Which war eliminated the French threat in Texas
The French and Indian War
What Killed most of the people in Native Texas
Diseases
What are the three G’s
Gold, God and Glory
Who else lived among the Spanish settlements
Converted Natives
What road connected all missions together and Mexico
El Camino Real
Why did Coronado’s troops get lost
The plains were so level the sky appeared like a bowl
What happened when they reached Quivera
They found a Pueblo Native American Settlement