Spanish Missions in Texas

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

Tejano

• People of Mexican heritage living in Texas
• Friar who built the first mission in East Texas
• American Indian culture group
• A major shipping point for international trade

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

Which of the following is NOT true about the Aguayo Expedition?

• It was led by Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo
• It retook East Texas from France and reoccupied old missions
• It established a presidio which became the unofficial Spanish capital of Texas: Los Adaes
• It strengthened French and Spanish trading and promoted peace between the two nations

Missions were NOT often placed near:

• Rivers
• American Indian settlements
• Presidios
• Trade routes

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 the lower Rio Grande valley" because he built 20 settlements

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