Spanish Colonial Era REVIEW 24/25

Mission Corpus Christi was located

• A. in New France

• B. near the thirteen English colonies

• C. near present-day El Paso

• D. in the Ohio River Valley

Mission San Francisco de los Tejas failed for all of the following reasons EXCEPT -

• A. periods of drought and flooding destroyed all the mission's crops

• B. supplies from Mexico City arrived too quickly for the missionaries to keep up

• C. disease broke out among Native Americans who blamed the baptismal waters for the infection.

• D. the Tejas were more interested in stealing horses than going to church

Native Americans who refused to come to the missions were

• A. permitted to go home

• B. given plots of land for building their own villages

• C. sent to prison in New Spain

• D. forced by Spanish soldiers

Why were Coahuiltecans chosen for mission life?

• A. They were farmers who already knew how to stay in one place.

• B. Coahuiltecans were among the most peaceful Native Americans in Texas

• C. Spanish priests felt that Coahuiltecans would be most willing to learn special skills in exchange for food and protection.

• D. Coahuiltecans were not protective of their hunting and gathering territories.

After the United States won the American Revolution, Spain

• A. closed all of the missions

• B. put troops at Nacogdoches to keep Americans out of Texas

• C. went to war with the United States in hopes of gaining more territory

• D. invited Americans to live in Texas

Under the terms of the Adams-Onis Treaty

• A. Spain took control of Texas

• B. Spain and the United States shared control of Texas and Florida

• C. Spain took control of Florida

• D. the United States took control of Texas

While living a the missions, Native Americans turned animal hides into leather through a process known as

• A. blacksmithing

• B. tanning

• C. presidio

• D. intruders

Spanish soldiers kept unwanted visitors and other _____ away from the mission villages.

• savages

• intruders

• confederacy

• executions

"The Caddo ________," explained Mr. Hodges, "was a tight-knit group of people who shared the same language and common goals."

• savages

• intruders

• confederacy

• presidio

During the Spanish Colonial Era, thousands of Native Americans died from epidemic diseases that included smallpox, measles, and _______ with fever, chills, and breathing difficulties.

• COVID

• tanning

• executions

• influenza