Texas History DCA #1 Review

How did families influence the colonization of East Texas settlements?

• Families settled permanently and helped to grow settlements into towns.

• Families played a role in teaching native peoples at the settlements.

• Families played a role in teaching native peoples at the settlements.

• The presence of families lessened the tensions between friars and soldiers.

The Spanish Colonial era is defined by the building of which of the following

• missions

• railroads

• presidios

• towns

Why was the LaSalle expedition important to the Spanish?

• Spain saw the French as a threat to Spain's claim on Texas.

• The French set up successful settlements in Spanish Texas

• Spain reacted by starting the process of colonizing Texas.

• The first reaction was to hunt down LaSalle's people.

The missions often failed because

• the soldiers refused to protect the missions.

• wild animal attacks were common.

• the priests and friars were not willing to work with the Native Americans.

• the Native Americans were not interested in mission life.

Father Fransisco Hidalgo wrote to the governor of French Louisiana because

• he was tired of the Spanish government refusing to rebuild the missions in East Texas.

• he wanted permission to trade with the French in Louisiana.

• he wanted a Popeye's franchise in Nacodoches.

• he wanted the French to build a mission for the Tejas.

The settlement at San Antonio was built in 1718 because

• it had good roads.

• it was half-way between the Rio Grande and East Texas.

• people liked the River Walk.

• no one was living there.

Crop failures and disease killed many Native Americans at missions. This resulted in which of the following.

• Missions grew because the Native Americans had faith in the missionaries.

• Missions grew because so many settlers moved into the nearby towns.

• Missions did not grow due to the setbacks.

• Mission did not grow because Spain did not care about the success of the missions.

The European explorer who led an expedition in search of the “glittering cities” was —

• Alonso Álvarez de Pineda

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• René-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de LaSalle

• Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

The Spanish colonists listed above primarily came to Texas in order to –

• Oversee Spanish Presidios

• Discover lost cities of gold

• Establish Catholic missions

• Learn native languages from Texas Indians

The founder of the first Spanish mission in East Texas was –

• Damian Massanet

• José de Escandón

• Antonio Margil de Jesús

• Francisco Hidalgo