Review - Europeans and Spanish Settlements in Texas

________ was the first Spanish explorer to reach Texas in 1519 and map the coastline?

_________ led a Spanish expedition across Texas looking for gold and returned to Spanish Mexico with knowledge about the area.

_________ was a French explorer who built a fort and caused Spanish officials to strengthen their claims on Eastern Texas.

CAUSE: Cabeza de Vaca reported hearing about cities of gold called Cíbola.

Describe 2 EFFECTS:

BONUS point: who is America named after?

Summarize the motives of France as they sent explorers to settle America.

BONUS point: what country did Cristobal Colón think he had reached when he first landed in America?

Answer explanation

He was trying to reach Asia, but which Asian country did he think he had arrived at?

Summarize the motives of Spain as they sent explorers to settle America.

Explain where (nearest current town) and why the Spanish established Mission San José (catholic mission) in 1720.

First Spanish mission built in Texas.

• San Antonio de Valero (Alamo)

• Ysleta

• San José

• Concepción