Unit 2 study gulde

What stared the age of contact in Texas?

The Age of Contact began with the journey through Texas by Spanish Conquistador Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

What event forced Europe to look for a different route to Asia?

The Ottoman Turk (Islarnic) siege and takeover of Constantinople in 1492

Whitch European found the New Would?

Christopher Columbus (Italian) found the New Would in 1492

What was the goal of Francisco Vazquezde Coronado?

Francisco Coronado brought 1300 men with him to the New Would in search of Cibola

What was the primary goal of Spanish explorers in Texas during the Age of Contact in the 16th and 17th centuries?

To find gold and spread Catholicism

What sequence of events describes the Age of Contact from the 1400s in Europe to the 1600 in Texas

Europeans search for sea routes to Asia Spanish come to the Americas Spanish Conquistadors

What is a “conquistador”

A conquistador is a Spanish soldier-explorer

What are the accomplishments of Hernan Cortes

Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec empire and created Mexico City the capital of New Spain

Who started the first mission and presidio at San Antonio in 1718

Antonio de Oliveres

what is a mission

A mission is a Spanish religous settlement, placed in the New would

What is a presidio

A presidio is a Spanish fort of military outpost placed in the new would to defend from native attacks

Why is he year 1519 significant to Texas history

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda mapped the Texas caostline

whos was the first european to map the Texas coast

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

What made Robert La Salle different from the other Texas explorers

La Salle was from France making hi French unlike other explorers who were from Spain

Waht was the original purpose of Spain building missions presidios and towns in East Texas

The purpose of these settlements was to help strengthen Spain claim to the New would and challenge France in the late 1600

What is the difference between missions and presidios

A mission was primarily based on religiois conversion of the natives while presidios were placed to protect the settlements from attacks

What was De Leon looking for in his adventages

De Leon was looking for the fountain of youth

what was the first Spanish settlement in the new would

The first Spanish settlement in the new would was St Agustine founded by Juan De Leon

What place did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado reach he thought must be the city of Cibola

A Zuni settlement of mud and stone

Why was Spain concerned about Frances exploration of the region now known as Texas

Spain thought the Franch might try to take over the territory

What was the motto (saying) of the Spanish army

God gold and Glory

what did Cabeza de Vaca do upon his return to Spain

He became a celebrity after publishing the book “ La Relacion”

where were most of the Spanish mission and Presidios located

Most missions and presidios were located along rivers near sources of freshwater

why did the Spanish build missions Presidios and towns lands occupied by Native Americans

To convert local native groups to Catholicism

what was the name of the first Spanish mission in East Texas

San Francisco de Los Tejas

What rumor did Cabeza de Vaca write about in his book

Cabeza de Vaca write about “Cibola” the legendary cuty of gold in his book La Relacion

The chapel at the mission San Antonio de Valero is now known as the

Alamo

name of the road that stretched from wast Louisiana to Southwest Texas and into Mexico

El Canion real

what was the importance of father Damian massanet

convinced Spain to colonize east exas in an attempt to convert the caddo to catholicism

what Spanish explorer was exiled to new mexico for mistreatment to the natives

juan de onate before returning to spaiin

Which of the following was a major accomplishment of Antonio Magil de Jesus

He founded the most successful Spanish mission San Jose

What mission was founded near Goliad

The mission La Bahia was founded near Goliad it would become the site of the Goliad massacre

What Native group rescued Cabeza de Vaca and thought him natural medicine

The Karankawa rescued Cabeza de Vaca

Which of the following best describes the Spanish colonial era

Spain built missions Presidio and towns to protect its calim to its North Americas colonies

What is Tejano culture

Tejano culture is a blend of Texas Spanish cultures

Why are there many towns in the Americans Southwest (GA to TX)

The influence of Spanish colonial heritage on the United States

What was the date of La Salle

La salle was killed in a mutiny by his own men in 1689

What happened to Fort St Louis after La Salles death

Ft St Louis destroyed by the Karankawa Indian’s shortly after La Sallas death