Spain Claims Texas Flashcards
Alonso de Leon and ________ explored east Texas and was given permission to colonize the “ land of tejas”.
Massanet
After Spanish officials learned that la salle had established ft. St. Louis for the French….
They started to colonized Texas and destroyed the fort but when they got there most of it was already burned down but they burned it even more.
The first mission was ___________.
San Francisco de Los Tejas.
After it was established Massanet returned to Mexico City to find….
The mission was in crisis
20 years pasted with little interest in Texas until…
France started building trading posts
May 1, 1718 what happened and what is it know as today
San Antonio de Valero was built and is now known as the Alamo
San Antonio de bexar is the location of present day ________.
San Antonio
What happened to Philippe blondel and his 6 solders when they went to capture the mission near nacogdoches?
They just saw a few solders, a few priests, and live stock like chicken. When they saw that the captured them all. When they got on the horses one of the chickens scared them and made the horse buck off the rider and one of the priests told that there was a Huge a army coming for them.
What happened after the embarrassment of the chicken war what did Spain do? Why were they so determined to colonize Texas? Who was the leader?
They tried to occupy Texas so they got more settlers from the Canary Islands. Escandon was the leader
How did Escandon contribute?
He brought 6000 settlers and established a lot missions ( la redo near the Southern part of the rio grande)
What happened to the San Saba mission?
2000 Comanches went in and the priests gave them all presents it the Comanches shot them all
Who did king Carlos III commission?
Rubi
What were the 3 commission he wanted?
- All settlements moved 2. Close the west Texas missions 3. Declared war
Who is Antonio Margil Jesus?
He is a good guy that established a lot of missions.
