Chapter 6 Flashcards
What centuries did the European Coutries fight in?
1500’s and 1600’s
What were the European countries trying to gain by fighting?
Land, wealth, power, and influence.
Who were the main three countries in the war between European countries? What was this war called? Why was it called this, which countries were bonding together?
Spain, France, England, the War of Grand Alliance. France fought Spain, England, and other countries.
Why was Spain worried about France gaining land in the Americas?
CENTRAL MEXICO IS A GOLD MINE
What did the Spanish do to protect their land (what things did the build, what are they?)
Presidios-military posts to house soldiers
Missions- educate and convert Natives to Catholicism
What is Texas’s name origin and what does it mean?
Its Caddoan, and means friendly or those who are friends.
What mission was found in the year of 1690, and who founded it? Where was it?
San Francisco de los Tejas, Father Damian Massanet (EA TX)
What are the two things Spain learned after San Francisco de los Tejas?
- Need people to succeed
2. Strengthened Spains claim to TX
What mission was founded in 1699? Where was it founded? And what’s was its nickname?
San Juan Bautista, West TX along the Rio Grande, THE GATEWAY TO SPANISH TX (successful)
Why did Spain need a halfway point between their missions?
They were thousands of miles apart, and France was a threat in the Mississippi Valley.
What mission is the Halfway point?
San Antonio de Bexar
What year was the San Antonio de Bexar founded? What does this mission eventually become?
1718, the Alamo
What year did France declare war on Spain? What was Spains reaction?
1718, Spain abandoned their settlements.
What did the Spanish build after they abandoned their missions? What was this area called and what was its unofficial title?
Los Adaes (a presidio) the unofficial capital of Spanish EA TX
When Spain goes back to their three missions what do they develop? What does France do?
A supply line. Spain has serious land in TX and have constant supplies coming to eachother. France gives up, Spain is too strong.
