Early Texas Colonization

When La Salle got lost and landed in Texas, what benefit did Texas receive from this?

• He brought diseases to the native americans

• He created missions

• He built Fort St. Louis

• He found the city of gold

What is a mission?

• A job to do

• Spanish towns that provided goods and services

• They protected the people from enemy attacks.

• Missions brought the Roman Catholic religion and instruction about Spanish customs to American Indians

What is a presidio?

• They brought the Roman Catholic religion and instruction about Spanish customs to American Indians.

• They were Spanish towns that provided goods and services

• They protected the missions from enemy attacks.

• The president of a mission

What major Texas city was fouded by Spanish colonists?

• Corpus Christi

• El Paso

• Mexico

• San Antonio

The Spanish wanted Indians to follow what religion?

• Baptist Religion
• Texan Religion
• Puritan Religion
• Catholic Religion

This mission is located close to the present day city of El Paso. This is the 1st mission ever established in Texas and was founded in 1682.  

• Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
• San Francisco de los Tejas
• Mission San Jose
• Mission Guadalupe

What were the goals of the Spanish forts and missions?

• convert Native Americans to Catholicism.

• teach Native Americans to adopt the Spanish way of life

• Strengthen Spain's claims on Texas land agianst the French.

• all of the above

How did Spain react to LaSalle's expedition?

• Built more missions in East Texas to protect the Spanish lands from French
• Shifted its interest from Texas to Florida
• Moved its missions and presidios from New Mexico and West Texas to East Texas
• Became allies and trading partners with Native Americans near Louisiana border

Missions were built to confirm Spanish claims to the land in Texas.

• True

• False

Spanish missions brought disease that killed many American Indians.

• True

• False