Unit 3 & 4 Test review Flashcards
___________were builts to house soldiers who protected settlers
Presidios
Who discovered new lands thought to be Asia
Christopher Columbus
Who was the first European to explore Texas?
Cabeza de Vaca
Who established Fort St. Louis?
La Salle
Who started their journey during the Age of Contact?
Cabeza de Vaca
Who discovered Palo Duro Canyon?
Coronado
place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold
Quivira
Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas
San Antonio de Bexar
Searched for Cibola and Quivira
Coronado
Murdered by his own men
La Salle
who was known as the Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Jose de Escandon
Asked the French to reopen the San Francisco de la Tejanos?
Father Francisco Hidalgo
Priest that built San Francisco de los Tejanos
Damian Massenat
opened most successful mission in East Texas
Antonio Margil de Jesus
conquered Aztec Empire for Spain
Cortez
Built Mexico City in New Spain
Cortez
mapped the Texas coastline
Pineda
survivors of his expedition washed ashore in TX
Narvaez
inspired explorers to sail West
Columbus
first European to see the TX coast
Pineda
drew maps of the Gulf of Mexico that were used by other explorers.
Pineda
Only French Explorer
La Salle
Shipwrecked on the Texas Coast
Cabeza de Vaca
His journey began the Age of Contact
Cabeza de Vaca
Murdered by his own men
La Salle
Claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France
La Salle
Founded 20 settlements in southern Texas.
Escandon
Fort St. Louis
French settlement near Matagorda Bay
San Francisco de los Tejas
First mission in East Texas
San Antonio de Valera
Mission Chapel know today as the Alamo
