Spanish Colonial Texas

True or False: Some European nations that opposed the growing power of France and its colonies formed the Grand Alliance in the late 1600s.

• True

• False

True or False: Before the Spanish Colonial era, Spain's North American colonies included present-day California through New Mexico and Mississippi.

• True

• False

Which of the following was the mission chapel know today as the Alamo?

• Presidio San Antonio de Bexas

• Los Adaes

• San Fransisco de los Tejas

• Mission San Antonio de Valero

Which of the following was the first Spanish mission in East Texas, established in 1690?

• San Francisco de los Tejas

• Los Adaes

• Mission San Antonio de Valero

• San Juan Bautista

What was the unofficial Spanish capital of Texas for fifty years from 1722.

• Presidio San Antonio de Bexas

• Los Adaes

• San Francisco de los Tejas

• San Juan Bautista

Mission near the Rio Grande known as the "Gateway to Spanish Texas".

• Los Adaes

• San Francisco de los Tejas

• Mission San Antonio de Valero

• San Juan Bautista

What was the 1718 settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas missions?

• Presidio San Antonio de Bexar

• Los Adaes

• San Francisco de los Tejas

• San Juan Bautista

The La Salle expedition showed that France was interested in what is now Texas. The Spanish decided that to protect their claim, they needed settlements there. Over the next several decades, Spain established missions, military outposts called presidios, and towns in lands occupied by Native Americans. These efforts by the Spanish in the late 1690s helped begin and define the Spanish Colonial era.

Based on the excerpt, what was the significance of the La Salle expedition to the Spanish?

• It sparked Spanish fears of potential French interest in Texas.

• It gave the French more land occupied by Native Americans.

• It increased Spanish interest in giving up the Mississippi River Valley.

• It emphasized the risks of having too many missions spread out.

One of San Juan Bautista’s missionaries was Father Francisco Hidalgo, a friar who had known the Tejas people of San Francisco de los Tejas. For over ten years he had asked Spanish officials to rebuild the mission for the Tejas. Desperate, Hidalgo wrote a letter to the French governor in Louisiana, asking the French to build a mission among the Tejas. The letter was sent in secret, without the Spanish officials’ permission. The French governor liked Hidalgo’s proposal, as it offered an opportunity to open trade with Native American people and the Spanish settlements.

Based on the excerpt, why did Francisco Hidalgo write a letter to the French governor?

• He asked the French to build a mission among the Tejas.

• He wanted to help the French expand their trade.

• The French governor had close ties with friars in Lousiana.

• He wanted to help the French take over the Spanish settlements.

True or False: San Juan Bautista's location near the Rio Grande and important crossing into Louisiana made it a strategic location.

• True

• False