Unit 3 and 4 flashcards
All of the explorers were from Spain except
La Salle
What year did Pineda map the coastline of Texas
1519
Who’s mission was Cabeza de Vaca the treasurer of
Narvaez
Who began the age of contact
Cabeza de Vaca
Who searched for Cibola and Quivira
Coronado
Who was murdered by their own men
La Salle
Who was “the father of the lower rio grande valley”
Escandon
Reopened missions after the chicken war
Aguayo
Opened the most succesful missions in Texas
Margil de Jesus
Wanted to build a mission among the Tejas(Caddo) and built mission San Fransisco de los Tejas
Domain Massanet
Established the unofficial capital of Texas(Los Adaes)
Aguayo
Who wrote stories that inspired people to travel west
Cabeza de Vaca
Discovered new lands thought to be asia
Christopher Columbus
Who conquered the Aztec empire and built Mexico city for Spain
Cortes
What region separated New Spain
Louisiana
French settlement near Matagorda bay
Fort St. Louis
Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas
Los Adaes
First mission in east Texas
San Francisco de los Tejas
Mission chapel known today as the Alamo
San Antonio de Valero
place on the great plains said to be filled with gold
Quivira
Settlement midway between Mexico and East Texas
San Antonio de Bexar
What were the two main reasons Spanish missions failed
Disinterest and Disease
What were the main reasons Native Americans chose to go to the missions
For protection from enemies and a sustainable food source
What year was the Alamo built
1718
Spain’s highest ranking official was _______ Antonio de Mendoza
viceroy
