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1
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When was San Antonio established?

A

1718

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2
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What year did Pineda map the Texas coast line

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1519

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3
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Discovered new lands thought to be Asia and inspired explorers to sail West.

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Christopher Columbus

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4
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First person to sail west

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Christopher Columbus

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5
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Who Conquered the Aztecs

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Hernan Cortes

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6
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Survivors of his expedition were stranded and washed ashore in Texas

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Narvaez

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7
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Whose journey became the age of contact

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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

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8
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Who was the first European to explore Texas and Wrote stories about Texas that inspired future explorers.

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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

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9
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Discovered Palo duro canyon and searched for Ciboa and QUivira

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Coronado

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10
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Who was murdered by his own men and established Fort ST. Louis

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La salle

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11
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Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas

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San Antonio de Bexar

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12
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place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold

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Quivira

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13
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French settlement near Matagorda Bay

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Fort St. Louis

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14
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Mission chapel is known today as the Alamo

A

San Antonio de Valero

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15
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Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

A

Los Adaes

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16
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First Mission in East Texas

A

San Francisco de
los Tejas

17
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Why did missions fail

A

native american disinterest and disease.

18
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Who was a constant threat to Spain’s territory

A

France

18
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What is a mission built for

A

to convert the Native Americans religion and culture

18
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Why did native Americans live in missions

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to gain protection from enemies

18
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what does it mean to navigate

A

to find a way across a body of water.

18
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what was a presidio built for

A

to house soldiers

18
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What is a town built for

A

to house citizens

18
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what is a viceroy

A

An official who rules over monarch land

19
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what is a conquistador

A

a person who conquers or claims new land

20
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what is a stockade?

A

it is like a fort, but more like a barrier ( Military Outpost)

21
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what is a privateer

A

a private owned ship company

22
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what was the chicken war

A

France attacked the nearest Spanish outpost, there was a soldier and a priest, the chickens saved the two people and when warned, the Spanish ran a away like chickens.

23
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Who Asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas.

A

Father Francisco Hidalgo

24
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Who Wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas and he was a Priest that built San Francisco de los Tejas

A

Damian Massanet

25
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Who Opened the most successful mission in East Texas.

A

Antonio Margil de Jesus

26
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Who Founded 20 settlements in southern texas, More than 6,000 people lived in his settlements, and Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

A

Jose de Escandon

27
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Who Sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War, Reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War, and established the unnofficial capital of Texas (Los Adaes)

A

Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo

28
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What is a Tejano

A

A person who has Mexican heritage and is a resident in Texas

29
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What is a mestizo

A

A person of mixed Texan and Mexican heritage

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