Age of Contact/Spanish Colonial Era

What evidence tells you that the image is a Mission?

• Indian Quarters and a Church

• Garden and Well

• Cemetery and Plaza

A Spanish explorer AND soldier

• Conquistador

• Friar

• Priest

A time when Spanish and French explorers both claimed land in Texas and made first contact with the Native Americans of Texas

• Mexican National Era

• Age of Contact Era

• Spanish Colonial Era

importance of the date 1519

• Pineda mapped the coast of Texas

• Cabeza de Vaca published a journal, "La Relacion"

• La Salle established Fort St. Louis

Explorer who Shipwrecked on Galveston Island in 1528 and kept a journal of his travels called "La Relacion."

• Coronado

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

Which is true about the Spanish Colonial Era in Texas?

• Missions were built to house Native Americans

• Missions were used to store food for the settlers

• The Spanish built the missions and presidios to claim Texas for themselves

According to the map Which is true about the establishment of towns?

• Towns developed in the mountains and basins region of Texas

• Towns were well established way before the missions and presidios

• Towns tended to grow near the missions and presidios.

What EFFECT did the missions have on the native Texas population?

• War was declared by the native groups

• Diseases killed many of the native groups

• Many native groups moved to Mexico to get away

If you made a timeline of the history of Texas, where would you put the Era of Age of Contact?

• 1500s

• 1600s

• 1700s

Missions were built using...

• Facing North

• Natural resources in the area

• Near fertile soil