Spanish colonial

What was the purpose of the Spanish missions?

• teach them how to read

• convert the American Indians to Catholicism

• to make them work

 

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• It was an exchange of food.

• It was an exchange of ideas.

• It was an exchange of animals and plants.

• All of the above.

commerce, commercial, profit, trade, mineral resources, natural resources, gold, wealth, goods, merchants, capital are words related to ____________________________

• religious

• political

• economic

glory, power, extend, expansion, government, supremacy, influence, superior, empire are words related to

• religious

• political

• economic

Christianity, faith, Catholicism, & God are words related to

• economic

• religion

• political

Spain controlled most of Latin America.

• political

• economic

• social

The first Spanish mission in East Texas was named _____.

• San Juan Batista

• San Francisco de los Tejas

• La Bahla

• Louis de San Denis

The chapel at the Mission San Antonio de Valero is now known as the _____.

• Buenaventura

• River City Church

• Presido

• Alamo

Why did Spain found missions in East Texas?

• To trade with the United States

• To keep the French out!

• To steal from the Portuguese

• To mine for gold

What important event happened in 1718?

• San Antonio was founded

• Pineda mapped Texas coast

• Father Hidalgo began the Mexican War for Independence

• The Battle of Medina