Spanish Explorers and Texas History

What was the primary (main) goal of Spanish Explorers in Texas during the Age of Contact in the 16th and 17th Centuries?

• To find gold and spread Catholicism (Christianity)

• To establish cotton plantations

• To build railroads and establish trade routes

• To escape political unrest in Spain

Which sequence (order) of events below best describes the Age of Contact form the 1400s in Europe to the 1600s in Texas?

• 1. 1. Europeans search for seat routes to Asia 2. Spanish come to the Americas 3. Spanish conquitstadors explore Texas

• 1. 1. Europe to Asia lands not mapped 2. European traders got lost 3. Spanish explorers accidentally fidn Texas

• 1. 1. Ottomans force traders to go by sea to Asia 2. Columbus makes contact with the Karankawa 3. Spanish settlers move to Texas

• 1. 1. European traders lack navigation tools to travel by land to Asia 2. they go by sea instead 3. Spain discovers Texas

Ture or False: The year 1519 is significant(important) to Texas History due to(because of) Alonso Alvarez de Pineda mapping the Texas coastline.

• True

• False

Which of the following Explorers were NOT from Spain? (Who was not from Spain?)

• Robert La Salle

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Francisco Vazquez de Coronado

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.

-Texas History

Based on the excerpt (the text), which event helped begin (start) the Spanish Colonial Era?

• Spain built missions, presidios, and towns in what is now Texas

• Spain fought over land, wealth and Religion in Europe

• Spain bought land from Native Americans

• Spain began to trade with France in the American colonies

What place (where) did Francisco Vazquez de Cononado reach that he thought must be the city of Cibola?

Hint: look at what is in the picture - what is the building made of

• a Zuni settlement of mud and stone

• the Grand Canyon

• A Wichita settlement of sticks and animal skins

• Quivira

Which event completes this timeline for Cabeza de Vaca:

1. 1. Europeans search for sea routes to Asia 2. Spanish come to the Americas 3. Spanish conquistadors explore Texas 4. ______________________

• returned to spain and published the book "La Relacion"

• Continued mapping the Texas coast

• Imprisoned upon his return to Spain

• Died from Malaria