Units 3 & 4 Review Flashcards
Fort; built to house soldiers who protected settlers
Presidio
An armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war
Privateer
A barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defense against attack
Stockade
Built to convert and educate native peoples in Spanish culture and religion
Mission
Spain’s highest-ranking official
Viceroy
A part of land; territory, state, region
Province
A Spanish conqueror
Conquistador
To find a direction across, along, or over an area of water or land
Navigate
French settlements 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 is known today as the Alamo
San Antonio de Valero
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
What were the two main reasons Missions failed?
Native American disinterest and disease
What is the main reason Native Americans chose to live in the Missions?
For protection from their enemies
What region separated Spanish land?
New France
Who discovered land thought to be Asia?
Columbus
Who conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain?
Cortes
Who was the first European to see the TX Coast?
Pineda
Who discovered the Palo Duro Canyon?
Coronado
Who was murdered by his own men?
La Salle
Who was the first European to explore Texas?
Cabeza de Vaca
When did Pineda first see the TX Coast?
1519
What happened in 1718?
San Antonio was founded
Who fought in the Chicken War?
Spain and French
Who claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France?
La Salle
Who was shipwrecked on the Texas Coast?
Cabeza de Vaca
Who’s journey began the Age of Contact?
Cabeza de Vaca
What did Coronado search for?
Quivira and Cibola
Who wrote stories that inspired future explorers?
Cabeza de Vaca
What did La Salle establish?
Fort St. Louis
Which European rival was the greatest threat to Spain’s North American lands? Why?
France because it bordered unoccupied Spanish land making it easy to take.
Who built Mexico City in New Spain?
Cortes
What did Pineda map?
The Texas Coastline
Columbus inspired sailors to sail _______
West
Survivors of who’s expedition washed ashore in TX and got stranded there?
Narvaez
Who drew maps of the Gulf of Mexico that were used by other sailors?
Pineda
Who was known as the Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley?
Jose de Escandon
What did Antonio Margil de Jesus open?
The most successful mission in East Texas
Who founded 20 settlements in Southern TX with more than 6,000 European settlers?
Jose de Escandon
Who was the priest who reopened San Francisco de los Tejas?
Damian Massanet
Who established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas?
San Miguel de Aguayo
Who wanted to build a mission among the Caddo Indians?
Damian Massenet
Who asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas?
Father Francisco Hidalgo
Who was sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War?
San Miguel de Aguayo
Who reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War?
San Miguel de Aguayo
