Spanish Colonial Era

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Missions are:

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Religious settlements designed to convert Native Americans.

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Presidios are:

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Military forts designed to protect the missions.

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Fray Damian Massanet

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Started the first mission in East Texas.

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Antonio Margil de Jesus

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Started missions in San Antonio

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Father of the Lower Rio Grande

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Jose de Escandon

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Tejano?

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Spanish heritage resident of Texas.

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Mestizo?

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Mixed Spanish and Native American.

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Spanish missions in Texas aimed to:

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Christianize American Indians, protect borderlands, and represent Spanish Government.

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Spaniards called the Hasinai (Caddo) "Tejas," the Caddo word for ____________.

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Friend

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San Antonio de Valero mission known as _______________.

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Alamo