Texas Spanish Missions

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What town was established as a halfway point between the east Texas missions and Rio Grande missions?

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San Antonio

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All of these reasons were why Spanish missions in Texas failed except for? Disease, Attacks by hostile Native Americans, Native Americans rejecting Spanish culture, Native American cooperation

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Native American cooperation

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A location near a __________ was important for a Spanish mission because crops might need ________.

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river, water

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The first mission in east Texas built in 1690 was: (log cabin mission)

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Mission San Francisco de los Tejas

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Which priest wrote a letter to the French hoping to get French help in Spanish Texas to build a mission in east Texas after the Spanish delayed building a mission for 10 years?

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Francisco Hidalgo

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This friar or priest built the first mission in east Texas. At first, the Caddo Tejas Indians cooperated with him. After they stopped cooperating, he burned the mission and buried the bells...to do this day, the bells have never been found.

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Damian Massanet

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This military commander and governor is known as the "father of the lower Rio Grande valley" because he built 20 missions and settlements along the Rio Grande.

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Jose de Escandon

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Daily life in missions for Indians included all of the following EXCEPT: Learning trades (weaving, blacksmithing, sewing, making bricks), Attending church prayer services, Farming, Defending settlements

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Defending settlements

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A Spanish military fort

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Presidio

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This person founded or established the most successful Spanish mission in Texas (Mission San Jose-Queen of all Texas missions). Who is he?

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Antonio Margil de Jesus