Early Explorers

What did Coronado hope to find in Texas?

• 7 cities of gold (Cibola)

• Buffalo herds

• Ice bridge

• An all water route to New England

What happened to native Americans when they made contact with European explorers?

• they died from diseases RIP

• it creates wars between native american groups

• severe droughts

• hunters brought tainted meat

Cabeza de Vaca traveled with many tribes in Texas he was different from other conquistadors because he saw natives as...

• superior (better than)

• inferior (less than)

• peers (equals)

• mythical

Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztecs because why?

• superior weapons, interenal conflict, disesase, and superstition.

• he sold the Aztecs using the gold he found in Cibola.

• False. He was never able to conquer them.

LaSalle claimed his failed settlement in Texas for what country?

• France

• England

• Spain

• Portugal