Spanish Influence and Missions Native Texan/ European Explorer Review

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Spanish Influence and Missions Native Texan/
European Explorer Review
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Spanish Settlement in Texas

• In the late 1600s Spain and France were in a
  fight to claim Texas for their own-Texas lay
  between Spanish Mexico and French Louisiana
• In the late 1600s France decided to return to the
  area after La Salles failed colony
• Worried that France would gain a foothold in
  Texas, Spain, who had focused on settling parts
  of Mexico and New Mexico, extended its northern
  frontier to the north and east
• The Spaniards retreated, however, when they
  thought France would assert its claim on East
  Texas

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Spanish Settlement in Texas

• When the Spaniards realized the French had
  abandoned East Texas, they moved back into the
  region
• This time, Spain brought more settlers and
  soldiers to reinforce its authority in Texas
• With a firm hold on East Texas, Spain begins
  expansion efforts
• However, hostile native groups made the Spaniards
  turn back in the north and west
• During the 1700s Texas was part of Spain

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Presidios

• Presidios were essential in colonizing Texas
• Their purpose was to provide military support for
  missions
• They protected colonists from Native American
  attacks

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Spanish Missions

• Catholic missions began being built in Texas in
  the late 1600s and were Spains main tool for
  colonizing Texas
• During the late 1600 and early 1700s most Spanish
  settlers in Texas earned a living as missionaries

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Spanish Missions

• Their purpose was to convert Native Texans to the
  Catholic faith, teach them to be faithful
  citizens to the Spanish crown, and they hoped
  they would become skilled laborers who could be
  productive for Spain

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Spanish Missions

• The missions were not as successful as hoped for
  several reasons
• In general the Native Texans did not care for
  mission life and few were converted to the
  Catholic faith
• Diseases brought by Spanish missionaries killed
  many Native Americans who had no immunity to the
  diseases
• Native Texans had a hard time adjusting to their
  new diet-they were used to eating game, roots,
  fish , fruits, nuts and at the mission they were
  served only red meat and starches such as corn

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Spanish Influence

• For hundreds of years Spain was a huge influence
  in Texas those influences still live on in Texas
  today
• One of the most important influences has been the
  language
• The names of rivers, cities (such as Amarillo),
  landforms, foods, and everyday items are
  influenced by the Spanish language
• People today speak a language that combines
  Spanish and English words

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Native Texan Review

• How are the Apache and Comanche similar?
• The Apache and Comanche were both nomadic tribes
  who followed the buffalo
• How did the Caddo use the region they lived in to
  survive?
• The Caddo used the land to plant crops
• They used clay to make pottery
• They built grass houses

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Native Texan Review

• Name some of the Native Texan tribes who lived in
  the Gulf Coast Plains in the 1500s.
• The Caddoes, Coahuiltecans, and the Karankawas
  lived in the Gulf Coast Region in the 1500s
• How did Pueblo people, such as the Jumano survive
  in the sparse and tough Mountains and Basins
  region?
• They farmed their food

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European Explorer Review

• Why did Spanish explorers, such as Hernando de
  Soto travel across Texas and other parts of the
  Americas?
• de Soto traveled to find gold and riches for
  Spain
• Where was Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked?
• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was shipwrecked near
  Galveston

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European Explorer Review

• What was Cibola?
• Cibola was a legend about seven cities of gold