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What year was San Antonio created?

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1718

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A fued between Spain and France, but no real war as the friar and soldier escaped to tell the others. What is the name of this war?

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Chicken War

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Who mapped the Texas coast?

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Pineda

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What year was the Texas coast mapped?

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1519

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The priest who built San Francisco de los Tejas

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Damian Massanet

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Who found a new land but thought it to be Asia?

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Columbus

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Who conquered the Aztec Empire?

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Cortes

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What is a friar?

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A preist who teaches the Catholic religion

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Who built Mexico City?

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Cortes

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What was the main reason natives lived in missions?

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Protection from enemies

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Why did the natives not want to live in missions?

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Disease brought the Spainards and disinterest

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What is a viceroy?

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A high ranking offical fro the king and queen

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What is a presidio?

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A military fort that houses soldiers

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What is a mission?

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A settlement made to convert Indians to their culture and religion.

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Who was the first to explore Texas?

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Cebeza de Vaca

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Who opened the most successful mission in East Texas?

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Antonio Margil de Jesus

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Who founded 20 settlements?

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Jose de Escandon

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Who asked the French to reopened San Francisco de los Tejas?

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Father Francisco Hidalgo

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More than 6,000 people lived in his settlements

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Jose de Escandon

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Who established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas?

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Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo

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Who was killed in the mutiny?

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La Salle

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Was La Salle a good navigator?

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No

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Died in hurricane

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Narvaez

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The first person to SEE the Texas coast

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Pineda

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Who was the only French explorer?
La Salle
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His journey began the Age of Contact
Cabeza de Vaca
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Was respected by the Indians for his medical skills
Cabeza de Vaca
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Was a stranded treasurer
Cabeza de Vaca
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Who established Fort St. Louis?
La Salle
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Who wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas?
Father Francisco Hidalgo
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Who was the Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley?
Jose de Escandon
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Who was sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War?
Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo
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Who searched for Cibola and Quivira and for the fable Seven Gold Cities?
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
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Discovered Palo Duro Canyon
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
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He claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France
La Salle
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Why was France the greatest threat to Spain’s North American lands?
They also wanted to expand, grow, and settle in Texas.
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What mission chapel is known today as the Alamo?
San Antonio de Valero
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Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas
San Antonio de Bexar
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Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas
Los Adaes
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French settlement near Matagorda Bay
Fort St. Louis
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What are the accomplishments of San Francisco de los Tejas?
It strengthened Spain's presence and helped them realize that in order to colonize they needed families to settle on the land.
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What the frairs and soldiers believe about how to treat the Indians and their relationship?
The friars wanted to accomadate them while the soldiers didn't have a very good relation with them.
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What was the name of the place in the Great Plains said to contain gold?
Quivira
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Who founded the Alamo?
Father Antinio de San y Buenaventura Olivares
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He thought he found a city if gold, but it was golden hour
Fray Marcos de Niza
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A crude fort
Stockade
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What are the other jobs of soldiers?
They tend to the horses, guard for long hours, escorted travelers, conducted supply trains, carried mail, and maintained the presidio.
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What was the Gateway to Spanish Texas?
San Juan Buatista
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What are the 3 purposes of the San Juan Bautista mission?
A listening post, privideing grain, cattle, and horses, and protect travelrs and supply trains and fought Native Americans when needed.
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What missions did Antonio Margil de Jesus found?
Nuestra Senora de los Dolores, San Miguel de Los Adaes, and San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo.
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Why did the Spansh need a colony midway between settlements on the Rio Grande and the new East Texas?
The journey was dangerous, so they needed a safer way to supply missions.
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What are canals?
They are waterways
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Why did the french attack?
They heard about France declaring war
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What mission did the french attack during the chicken war?
Mission San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes
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What large presidio did Aguayo build?
Nuestra Senora del Pilar de los Adaes
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What is a detachment?
A small part of a larger military force
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What did off duty officers do?
farmed, raised livestock, ran ranches
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How did the cultural diversity begin?
Spanish, Mexicans, Native Americans, and Africans intermarried and raised children.
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What were Mexicans in Texas called?
Tejanos
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What are people of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage?
mestizos
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To plan and direct the course of a ship (or any other form of transportation)
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