Conquistadors came

from Spain to conquer

America

Explain what is going

on in this comic and

why it is funny. This

should take at least

two sentences.

Warm Up

Explorers

Age of Contact:

God, Gold, & Glory

Texas

History

Three things motivated explorers:

God, Gold, and Glory

Columbus... • Sailed the ocean blue in 1492

• Landed in the Bahamas

o He was actually hoping to find trade

routes to Asia

• Started hunting for gold

o he could keep some of for himself, rest

went to the Spanish king and queen who

paid for the trip

• Established a colony and sailed back to report

his findings, eventually did four trips

• Columbus enslaved, tortured, or killed

thousands of native people

Glory!

Conquistadors - Spanish,

derived from Latin

conquirere "to search

for": a leader in the

Spanish conquest of

America in the 16th

century

• Conquistadors were

looking for wealth and

fame

Glory!

Expedition-a journey or

trip undertaken for a

specific purpose (such

as war or exploring)

• Conquistadors went

on expeditions

• They were sent to

conquer and claim

the land and people

for their country

Gold

Gold

• Spanish heard

there was gold in

Texas from Natives

• Spain came to U.S.

for gold

Europe Then

God

• The Catholic Church

supported the

expeditions

• Why would the church

do that??

• to spread Christianity to

Native Texans

• Gain wealth

Paul III

1534 – 1549

Alonso Álvarez de Pineda

• Spanish explorer and

cartogpher

• Spanish hoped for a

passageway through Mexico

to Asia

• Pineda mapped the Texas

coastline in 1519

• What he learned:

o No passageway through

Mexico to Asia

o Florida is not an island,

its a peninsula

Map he drew of

Texas coast!

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca • Left Spain on ship with crew of 600 to occupy North America

• Landed in Florida, began search for gold

o Disease as well as Natives killed many men

o Hiked about 300 miles and gave up on their gold hunt

o 242 still alive -> meaning 358 died so far

o Built ships to sail to Mexico

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca • Lost 204 at sea

o Survivors landed Galveston (called it "Island of Doom")

o Only 40 left alive -> Meaning 560 have now died

• Enslaved by Native Americans

• Four men survived to reach Mexico City

• Traveling with these four men de Vaca explored the interior of

modern day Texas, first known to have done this

Gold

Francisco Vasquez de

Coronado

• sent to search for the

Seven Cities of Gold

• They met a Native who

told them of a city of gold

he believed existed

• The expedition lasted

almost one and a half

years, making it to Wichita

Kansas

• Found no gold

Conflict between France and Spain

Sieur de LaSalle

• Given ships, colonists, and

soldiers by the French King

to start a colony at the

mouth of the Mississippi

• mistakenly lands in

Matagorda Bay

• Failed at establishing a

colony but named it Fort

St. Louis

because of disease

and attacks by native

people

Why do you

think?

Conflict between France and Spain

Sieur de LaSalle

• heads back home and is

shot by his own men

• Spain finds the French in

Texas and fears they are

trying claim Texas

o Spain renews its

colonization effort

The "Chicken War"

• French soldiers were sent

to capture a Spanish

mission in East Texas

• France was not getting

along with Spain

• French looted a mission

and captured French

soldiers

• Spanish were embarrassed

o Spain more determined

to hold on to Texas!

•Why were the Spanish not interested

in settling Texas?

•Why did the Spanish decide to

colonize Texas?

• How did the French influence the

settlement of Texas?

Questions?

• Why were the Spanish not interested in settling Texas?

• Why did the Spanish decide to colonize Texas?

• How did the French influence the settlement of Texas?

Spain was very busy. They were fighting wars at home as well as

managing significant colonies in Mexico. Also Texas did not appear to be

particularly profitable.

They were worried the French would take Texas through colonization,

they wanted to make sure it stayed theirs.

They were worried the French would take Texas through colonization,

they wanted to make sure it stayed theirs.