Unit 3 Review Flashcards
(33 cards)
Stockade
A crude fort
Viceroy
Highest ranking official, represent the country
Mission
Built to convert and educate natives people in Spanish culture and religion
Presidio
Fort; built to house soldiers who protected settlers
Town
Built to house settlers
Friar
A catholic priest who belongs to a religious group
Canal
A waterway that that helps water farmland
Detachment
A small part of a larger military force
Christopher Columbus
(Time and Place)
Spain and 1492
Christopher Columbus
(What did he do)
Discovered America and thought it was Asia
Inspired people to sail west
Hernan Cortes
(Time and Place)
Spain and 1519
Hernan Cortes
(What did he do)
Conquered Aztec Empire for Spain and built Mexico City there
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
(Time and Place)
Spain and 1519
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
(What did he do)
He was the first European to see the TX coast and map it
Panfilo de Narvaez
(Time and Place)
Spain and 1527
Panfilo de Narvaez
(What did he do)
His crew got strained on Texas coastline after they got hit by a hurricane but Narvaez died
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
(Time and Place)
Spain 1528
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
(What did he do)
First European to explore Texas
1519
Texas was discovered
1718
San Antonio was founded
French settlement near Matagorda Bay
Fort St. Louis
Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas
Los Adaes
First Mission in East Texas
San Francisco de
los Tejas
Mission chapel is known today as the Alamo
San Antonio de Valero