Texas Flashcards
Alonso Alvarez de pineda
mapped Texas coastaline
who spread the legend of the 7 cities of cibola
alvar nunez cazezade vada
coronado
sent an expedition that have claimed to have found the city
alvar nunez cabeza vaca went to the sw to
to find gold in the americans(3 g’s)
hernan de soto
led a expedition from florida across the SE region
luis de moscoso alavarondo
took hernan de soto into east texas then to mexico alond the coast
la salle
established a fort on the coastline of texas for fance
phase of spanish settlers of tx on involved…
conquistatodos and missionaries
Encomienda System
spain trying to recreate its medieval feudal system
Repartimento system
replaced ecomienda system w/ native practices(The Mita)
Catholic Missions and Presidios
were built all across Tx to convert/control the native people(and prevent further European invasions)
Towns and Ranches
devolped around the missions and presidios as more spanish settlers arived **(to build the colonies into more than just agriculture) **
Fray Damian Massanet
built 1st faild mission in East Texas
Francisco Hidalgo
effort to found missions and convet native people
Antonio Margilde Jesus
built most successful missions