Week 10-12 Flashcards
La Salle wanted
trade with the Indians to improve his wealth
Spain had very little interest in Texas until
La Salle established the first European colony on the Texas coast.
Mexico was once known as
New Spain
La Salle faced all of the following troubles except
building a mission
Fort Saint Louis was built on
Garcitas Creek
La Salle’s leadership of his colony can best be described as
harsh
What does the word bickering mean in paragraph 1 of “La Salle’s Final Disasters”?
arguing
How did La Salle die?
He was murdered by one of his own men.
Who survived the Karankawa massacre at Fort Saint Louis?
5 children
What does “abuzz” mean in paragraph 3 of Spain’s Opinion of Texas?
full of activity
The reader can tell that Spain wanted La Salle out of Texas because
They sent 11 military expeditions to find his fort
The author organizes the article by
explaining why Spain built the first mission in Texas and why it failed.
Hasinai left the San Francisco de los Tejas mission because
they were getting sick from measles and smallpox
A person who does religious work in other countries is called a
missionary
St. Denis wanted to
set up trade with Spaniards in Mexico
Fray Olivares wanted to build a mission on the San Antonio River in 1709. What do most people call the mission?
The Alamo
Which Texas city is known as Mission City?
San Antonio
Hasinai, Tejas, Anadarko, and Nebedache are all
names for smaller bands of Caddo Indians
Who was known as the “father of the lower Rio Grande Valley”?
Jose’ de Escandon
Read this sentence: These fierce warriors attached tribes like the Lipan Apache. What does the word fierce mean in this sentence?
Savage and violent
The Apaches wanted the Spanish to build missions for the Indians to live in because________.
they thought the soldiers would protect them
What finally convinced the Spanish government to build a mission for the Lipan Apaches?
They had heard rumors of silver in Central Texas.
What was the name of the mission built for the Apaches?
San Saba
Why didn’t the Apache go into the mission after it was built when the priests invited them in?
It was hunting season
What problem led to the Apaches asking the Spanish government to build a mission for them in their homeland?
The Comanches were running the Apaches out of their homeland.
Using the articles “Threats to Spain’s Control” and “The Massacre at Mission San Saba,” in week 12, what did the two articles have in common?
Both articles show how little Spain understood the trouble between the Comanche and Apache Indians in Texas
Who was Jose de Paez?
An artist from Mexico
Who was Pierre Talon?
A Fort Saint Louis survivor
Which is the best summary of “Moses Austin Gets”Settle Texas Fever” in week 12?
Moses Austin wanted to make money by establishing a colony in Texas. A friend in San Antonio persuaded the Spanish government to let Austin Build his colony. Austin became ill after a rough trip back to Missouri and died after asking his son to continue his work.
