SS 2nd 6 Weeks Review

One that CONQUERS; specifically: a leader in the SPANISH conquest of America and especially of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century

• Empresario

• Conquistador

• Vaquero

• Native American

Wanted to teach Catholic beliefs and work skills to native people

Some became CITIES

Some failed due to sickness and DISEASE

• Farms

• Ranches

• Churches

• Missions

Alamo, Concepceion, San Jose, San Juan, Espada

• Empresarios

• 5 Missions of San Antonio

• Vaqueros

• Conquistadors

First person to WRITE ABOUT the environment of TEXAS making detailed accounts of the American Indian tribes he encountered

Lived among Indians for several years 

Began the legend about the Seven Cities of Gold and made Spanish eager to explore

• Robert la Salle

• Francisco Coronado

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Christopher 

  Columbus

A Frenchman.

His colonization attempts caused SPAIN to reclaim Texas and settle it.

•   Cabeza de Vaca

• Robert la Salle

• Francisco Coronado

• Christopher 

  Columbus

Reason why Spain settled Texas

• San Antonio

• Rio Grande River

• Austin

• Fort St. Louis

First European to explore Palo Duro Canyon

Searched for SEVEN CITIES of GOLD

First person to travel across the northern part of Texas and explore it.

He also determined that Texas did not have gold.

•  Cabeza de Vaca

• Robert la Salle

• Francisco Coronado

• Christopher 

  Columbus

When a group of people from one country who build and SETTLE in another territory, or land.

• Explorers

• Vaqueros

• Colony

• Annexation

He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he stumbled upon AMERICA.

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Robert la Salle

• Francisco Coronado

• Christopher Columbus

New Land

Wealth

Religion

• Why did Native Americans move to Oklahoma?

• Why did Stephen F. Austin go to Mexico?

• Why did Europeans explore the Americas?

• Why did Sam Houston become president of Texas?