SS Explorers and Colonization UNit Flashcards
Which region separated Spanish land?
New France
Who is the father of the Lower Rio Grande River?
Jose De Escandon
What was the first mission?
San Francisco De Los Tejas
What was the Alamo Called and who was its founder?
- San Antonio De Valero
- Its founder was Fray Antonio De San Buenaventura y Olivarez
What was the purpose of a presidio?
To house soldiers who helped settlers
What was the purpose of a mission?
To convert Native Americans to Christians and to the Spanish way of life
What were the 2 main reasons why missions failed?
Native American Disinterest and Diseases.
Survivors of who’s expedition were washed ashore and stranded in Texas?
Panfilo de Narvaez
Who discovered new lands thought to be Asia?
Christopher Columbus
Who mapped the Texas Coastline?
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
Who conquered the Aztec Empire for New Spain?
Hernan Cortez
Who discovered Palo Duro Canyon?
Francisco Vasquez De Coronado
Who’s journey began the age of contact?
Cabeza De Vaca
Who established Fort St. Louis?
La Salle
Who claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France?
La Salle
What is a mestizo?
A person of mixed European culture
When was San Antonio founded?
1718
What is a friar?
A catholic priest that belongs to a religious order
What was the Grand Alliance?
The grand alliance was a group of European countries who wanted to stop France’s growing power.
When did Pineda see and map the Texas Coastline?
1519
What were the accomplishments of Francisco San Francisco De Los Tejas?
It strengthened Spain’s claim to Texas and it showed Spain that a colony needed families to settle the land.
How did the war between Spain and France affect Spain’s North American colonies?
Spain’s colony was divided by the Mississippi River controlled by France. This made Spain feel worried as France showed their interest in Spanish Texas with the La Salle Expedition.
Who is the priest who built the San Francisco de los Tejas mission?
Damian Massanet
Who was sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War?
Aguayo
Who reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War?
Aguayo
Who established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas?
Aguayo
More than 6,000 people lived in who’s settlements?
Jose De Escandon
Who asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas?
Father Francisco Hidalgo
Who wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas
Damian Massanet
What is the French settlement near Matagorda Bay?
Fort St. Louis
What was the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas?
Los Adaes
Place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold
Quivira
What is the settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas and what is it called now?
- San Antonio De Bexar
- The city of San Antonio
How did the Chicken War start?
Seven French soldiers from the Natchitoches attacked the San Miguel de Linares de Los mission and took a friar and a soldier. The sound of chicken caused the soldiers to get distracted, allowing the captives to escape and share what they had learned about the attack with others.
