Missions of Texas Quiz

This town was founded as a halfway point between the Rio Grande and East Texas

• Nacogdoches
• San Antonio
• Ft. Saint Louis
• San Francisco de los Tejas

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the failure of the mission system?

• Disease
• American Indian attacks
• American Indian abandonment
• American Indian cooperation

The first mission in East Texas was:

• San Antonio
• Nuestra Senore de los Dolores
• San Francisco de los Tejas
• San Miguel de los Adaes

This missionary founded many successful missions in East Texas, such as Nuestra Senora de los Dolores

• Francisco Hidalgo
• Jose de Escandon
• Damian Massanet
• Antonio Margil de Jesus

This friar got Spain to build more missions by secretly encouraging France to occupy East Texas.

• Francisco Hidalgo
• Jose de Escandon
• Damian Massanet
• Antonio Margil de Jesus

This friar built the first mission in East Texas.

• Francisco Hidalgo
• Jose de Escandon
• Damian Massanet
• Antonio Margil de Jesus

This military commander is known as the "father of South Texas" because he built 20 settlements

• Francisco Hidalgo
• Jose de Escandon
• Damian Massanet
• Antonio Margil de Jesus

An official who rules in the King or Queen's name

• Viceroy
• Tejano
• Presidio
• Tigua

A Spanish military oupost

• Viceroy
• Tejano
• Presidio
• Tigua

The Spanish wanted Indians to follow what religion?

• Baptist Religion
• Texan Religion
• Puritan Religion
• Catholic Religion