Spanish Colonial Era Test RECAP

Spanish Colonial Era Test RECAP

Read and analyze the map.

Which is correct about France and Spain's borders?

Spain and France shared a border.

Read/analyze the map.

Which countries claimed parts of present day Texas?

Spain

France

Question:

What was the primary POLITICAL reason for establishing Catholic missions in Spanish TX?

Answer:

To protect Spanish claims against the French

Question:

When was San Antonio founded?

Answer:

1718

Question:

Which era is best described by the items below?

• El Camino Real

• Fray Damian Massanet

• Jose de Excando

• The mission system

Answer:

Spanish Colonial

Question:

What brought French explorers Cavalier, and La Salle to the coast of TEXAS?

Answer:

They were searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River

Read the following quote about the presidio at San Saba -

"The ease with which the enemy has been seen to maintain himself in its vicinity {area}...will someday suggest to them the ease with which this presidio can be surrounded... Their bumbers will bot e small; the captain states that at times that as many as three thousand {American Indians} have come to attach the presidio."

Describe the author's point of view:

The American Indians might soon realize how easy it would be to capture the presidio.

What physical feature influenced where missions and presidios were built in TX?

rivers

Question: Which best completes the list?

• Spain and France go to war in Europe

• Spain retreats from what became known as the "Chicken War"

• ________________

• Spain wins the race for TX

Answer:

Tension increases as Spain is eager to reoccupy East TX

Question: Put the following in chronological order:

• Establishment of San Antonio

• Establishment of mission at Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

• Establishment of San Francisco de los Tejas

Answer:

• Establishment of Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

• Establishment of San Francisco de los Tejas

• Establishment of San Antonio

TRUE of FALSE: El Camino Real was an easy road used by Spain to get supplies to the missions.

False

Use this map:

Starting from South, El Camino Real starts at ____ and goes to___.

Mexico City

Los Adeas

Question:

La Salle, the French explorer would establish a settlement inland from Matagorda Bay named ___. Faced with misfortune, he took an expedition to seek help but was killed by ___.

Answer:

La Salle, the French explorer would establish a settlement inland from Matagorda Bay named FORT ST. LOUIS. Faced with misfortune, he took an expedition to seek help but was killed by KARANKAWAS.

Question: Who is he?

He was the founder of the first Spanish mission in East Texas (for the Tejas) in the 1690s. He came to the Americas in 1683 and was involved in serveral expeditions, including the search for La Salle's settlement. After much difficulty with the Indians and conflict with Spanish authorities, he and other missionaries burned down the mission and went to Mexico. However, 20 years later, the mission was reoccupied.

Answer:

Fray Damian Massanet

Question: Who is he?

He went to New Spain in 1683 as a missionary. For several years he served in various areas of Central America and was involved with the establishment of Delores and San Miguel de los Adaes. His greatest accomplishment was the establishment of San José y San Miguel de Aguayo in San Antonio in 1720, which became a very successful mission.

Answer:

Jose Escandon

Question: Who is he?

He is called the “father” of the lower Rio Grande valley. He was the colonizer and first governor of Neuvo Santander, located in modern-day Mexico and Texas; its northern boundary was the Guadalupe River. In addition, he contributed to the establishment of 20 other towns and some missions.

Answer:

Antonio Margil

Question: Who is he?

When the San Francisco de los Tejas Mission fell in 1693, he continued to work among the Caddo Indians. He helped to establish the San Juan Bautista Mission. He wanted to spread his missionary work in Texas to north of the Rio Grande. For more than 10 years, he struggled to make his dream a reality. As a result of his letters to the French governor of Louisiana, St. Denis came to Texas in 1714, setting up a colony at present-day Natchitoches, Louisiana. This action resulted in Spain’s permanent settlement of Texas 2 years later. He became the minister of the newly established Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas in East Texas. He moved to San Antonio in 1719 when the Spanish abandoned the East Texas missions to the French. He continued serving as a missionary until he retired in 1725. He died in San Juan Bautista one year later.

Answer:

Father Hidalgo

Question: According to the excerpt, the Asanai tribe

“[The Asinai tribe] plant corn, beans, and sunflowers of great size. The seed is like corn and this is what they eat in pottage which they make of corn and beans. There are calabashes, muskmelons, and watermelons. They gather great quantities of nuts in the hulls and acorns for a year’s supply. The whole country is filled with different kinds of trees, oaks, chestnuts, pines, cottonwoods, medlars, cherries, and many other kind of trees.”

— letter to the French governor of Louisiana

Answer:

were successful farmers

Question:

Which of the following activities was NOT a part of mission or presidio life?  

Answer:

learning French

Question:

Which of the following is NOT a reason why Spanish settlements struggled?

Answer:

Settlements were built near rivers