Colonization and Settlement

Europeans were in search for...

• passage to Africa for raw materials

• Native American artifacts

• sea route to Asia

• La Salle's lost crew

What Era is between Natural Texas and Its People and Spanish Colonization?

• TX Revolution

• Statehood of TX

• Mexican National Era

• Age of Exploration

1519 was significant to Texas History because in that year...

• the coast of Texas was first mapped by Spanish explorers

• Mexico achieved its independence from Spain

• Father Antonio de Olivares started the first mission and presidio at San Antonio

• Texas declared its independence from Mexico

What did Spanish soldiers find when they arrived a Ft. Saint Louis in 1689?

• a tribe of angry Indians

• a group of friendly French settlers

• a large number of hostile French soliders

• an empty and deserted settlement

How did the Spanish react to the news of Ft. Saint Louis?

• They sent an expedition to Matagorda Bay and later built their fort on the same location.

• They ignored the fort because it was to small to threaten Spanish interests.

• They offered to sell East Texas to King Louis XIV of France.

• They encouraged local Indians to attack the fort to prevent French settlement.

These Spanish settlements were created by priests to convert Indian tribes to Christianity.

• colonies

• missions

• presidios

• ranchos

Missions, Presidios and Ranchos are...

• French settlements in Texas

• Ancient Civilization Family structures

• Spanish settlements in Texas

• Reasons for Colonization

Building dams, canals, digging water wells and cutting down trees are...

• how settlements are developed.

• how explorers traveled to the New World.

• how people modified the environment.

• how people adapt to their environment.

El Paso, San Antonio, Rio Grande and Del Rio all have what in common?

• Coronado searched for gold in all of these areas

• The French culture is largely seen in these areas.

• The place names show Spain's influence on the development of Texas.

• They are all areas in which missions were extremely successful at converting all natives to Christianity.

Pineda mapped the Texas coastline

Cabeza de Vaca journeyed through Texas

France and Spain competed for territory in East Texas

All of the events listed above occurred during

• the Early Statehood Era

• the Spanish Colonial Era

• the Era of Exploration

• the Revolution and Republic Era