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The Spanish priest who first wanted to convert the

Tejas to Christianity:

Father Massanet

Friar who wanted to re-open the East Texas

Mission:Father Hidalgo

Frenchman who started trading posts and married

a Spanish woman:

Louis St. Denis

Texas Indian guide and interpreter:

Angelina

A person of European descent:

Anglo

A Spanish city council:

Ayuntamiento

Things some Spanish communities did for

entertainment:

dances, horse races, holiday fairs

Duties of Spanish soldiers at Presidios:

Protecting missions, Protecting settlements, Scouting for intruders

A Spanish military outpost:

Presidio

French traders exchanged blankets, guns, and wine

for:Furs and Skins

The first Spanish settlement in Texas (near

present-day El Paso)

Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

Mission near present-day Goliad:

La Bahia

River bordering Texas and Louisiana (present-day

border):

Sabine River

River near the San Juan Bautista mission:

Rio Grande

The mission now known as the Alamo:

Mission San Antonio de Valero

The boundary between French and Spanish

settlements in East Texas

Arroyo Hondo

Where 15 families came from to increase the

population of San Antonio:

The Canary Islands

The first Spanish settlement in EAST Texas:

Mission San Francisco de los Tejas

The largest Spanish settlement in Texas:

San Antonio

Most Spanish missions were established in this part of

Texas:East Texas

Why did the Spanish want to establish missions in East

Texas?To keep the land from the French,

To spread Catholicism

Why did Spanish Missions fail to Christianize the

Plains people (Apaches/Comanches)

The natives were too independent,

The missions lacked supplies, The missions lacked people

Why did Father Massanet and the friars abandon San Francisco de los

Tejas?The Tejas rejected the Catholic

religion

Why were the French interested in East Texas?

Trade with Native Americans

Why were most missions eventually abandoned?

Spanish claim on the land was firmly established already, Native Americans rejected

Catholicism

How was food provided for the Native Americans in the

missions?

Farming, The Native Americans were

taught to prepare food

How would you characterize life for a

Spanish soldier in Texas?

Difficult, Dangerous

How would you describe the site chosen for San

Antonio?Lots of water,

Lots of building stone,Lots of trees, Fertile Land

How did the Apaches and Comanches react to Spanish missions?

Raided missions, Rejected Catholicism,

Stole horses

How did the Spanish react when they learned of the French fort in East Texas?

Sent soldiers to destroy it