Unit 3 H/MPLACES

1. San Antonio de Valero

• A former Spanish mission that is now the top tourist attraction in Texas (the Alamo)

• Built in 1718, it would be the first in a series of missions and presidios built along a river that would grow into a sophisticated settlement in Central Texas

1. San Saba

• Also known as: “The Lost Mission”

• mission established in the prairies of west Texas; closed after repeated attacks by the Comanches

1. Los Adaes

• after the Chicken War it became the capital of the province of Texas

1. Nacogdoches

• Marked a significant change in Native American-Texan relations

• east Texas city founded by Spanish settlers who didn't want to go to San Antonio

1. Dolores

• An early mission built near the Louisiana border to monitor French activity.

1. La Bahia

• A presidio that was the site of several filibuster attacks during the Mexican War of Independence. 

1. San Francisco de los Tejas

• The first mission established in East Texas, it was built in 1690 and abandoned in 1693

1. Mexico City

• Capital of New Spain; built on ruins of Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan

1. El Camino Real

• An extremely long trade route that connected the missions of East Texas with the capital of New Spain.

Bucareli

• The town founded by unhappy evacuees from East Texas - they had to abandon it after a few years due to floods and Native American attacks.