Spanish Texas Assessment

What is a presidio?

• A Spanish community that teaches Christianity

• A ranch or a person who works on a ranch

• A Spanish fort

• A Spanish cowboy

What significant event was Damian Massanet a part of?

• started the first presidio in South Texas

• burned all the missions in Texas when they failed

• started the first mission in East Texas

• attacked La Salle's fort with Spanish soldiers and won

What developed where the Spanish missions were established?

• Spanish presidios that became a large mission complex

• Spanish settlements that became Texas' first towns

• Forts where Spain reinforced their troops to protect the area from France

• Native Texan tribes that went to war with each other

Which geographic factor was the greatest influence in the development of Spanish Texas?

• clay soil

• lots of deer

• tall mountains

• fresh water

What is a Spanish mission?

• a Spanish community that teaches Christianity

• a ranch or a person who works on a ranch

• A Spanish for built to protect presidios

• A Spanish cowboy to corral cattle

How did the Spanish start the Texas cattle industry?

• They brought goats and pigs to Texas and taught Native Texans how to milk them

• They brought buffalo to Texas and taught Native Texans how to ride them

• They brought horses to Texas and rounded up the wild 

  cattle that were roaming the plains

  
  

• They brought horses and cattle to Texas and taught 

  ranching to Native Texans

Disease, Native Texans running away, lack of resources from Spain

What do these things describe?

• Reasons for exploring East Texas

• Reasons for Spanish priests ran away from presidios

• Reasons for Spanish Missions failing

• Reasons for tribal warfare in Central Texas

How did the Spanish secure their lands in Texas and promote Christianity to the Native Texans?

• Established missions in Texas

• Established small towns in Texas

• Established forts where Native Texans lived

• Established presidios at the border of Texas & Louisiana

What was an unintended effect of Spanish Missions?

• Native Texans set fire to all Spanish Missions after they 

  were abandoned

  
  

• settlements near the missions developed into the first 

  Texas towns

  
  

• Native Texans entered into a war with the Spanish 

  presidios

  
  

• Native American tribes began fighting over the missions

What did most settlers in Texas do to meet their needs?

• live and work at a mission

• work at a presidio

• have and work on a vaquero

• have and work on a ranchero