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Fort; built to house soldiers who protected settlers

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Presidio

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An armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war

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Privateer

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A barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defense against attack

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Stockade

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Built to convert and educate native peoples in Spanish culture and religion

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Mission

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Spain’s highest-ranking official

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Viceroy

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A part of land; territory, state, region

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Province

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A Spanish conqueror

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Conquistador

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To find a direction across, along, or over an area of water or land

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Navigate

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French settlements near Matagorda Bay

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Fort St. Louis

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Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

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Los Adaes

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First Mission in East Texas

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San Francisco de los Tejas

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Mission Chapel is known today as the Alamo

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San Antonio de Valero

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Place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold

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Quivira

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Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas

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San Antonio de Bexar

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What were the two main reasons Missions failed?

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Native American disinterest and disease

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What is the main reason Native Americans chose to live in the Missions?

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For protection from their enemies

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What region separated Spanish land?

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New France

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Who discovered land thought to be Asia?

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Columbus

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Who conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain?

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Who was the first European to see the TX Coast?

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Who discovered the Palo Duro Canyon?

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Who was murdered by his own men?

22
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Who was the first European to explore Texas?

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Cabeza de Vaca

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When did Pineda first see the TX Coast?

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What happened in 1718?
San Antonio was founded
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Who fought in the Chicken War?
Spain and French
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Who claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France?
La Salle
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Who was shipwrecked on the Texas Coast?
Cabeza de Vaca
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Who's journey began the Age of Contact?
Cabeza de Vaca
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What did Coronado search for?
Quivira and Cibola
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Who wrote stories that inspired future explorers?
Cabeza de Vaca
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What did La Salle establish?
Fort St. Louis
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Which European rival was the greatest threat to Spain's North American lands? Why?
France because it bordered unoccupied Spanish land making it easy to take.
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Who built Mexico City in New Spain?
Cortes
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What did Pineda map?
The Texas Coastline
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Columbus inspired sailors to sail _______
West
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Survivors of who's expedition washed ashore in TX and got stranded there?
Narvaez
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Who drew maps of the Gulf of Mexico that were used by other sailors?
Pineda
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Who was known as the Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley?
Jose de Escandon
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What did Antonio Margil de Jesus open?
The most successful mission in East Texas
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Who founded 20 settlements in Southern TX with more than 6,000 European settlers?
Jose de Escandon
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Who was the priest who reopened San Francisco de los Tejas?
Damian Massanet
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Who established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas?
San Miguel de Aguayo
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Who wanted to build a mission among the Caddo Indians?
Damian Massenet
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Who asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas?
Father Francisco Hidalgo
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Who was sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War?
San Miguel de Aguayo
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Who reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War?
San Miguel de Aguayo

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