Unit 3 H/SA

The importance of the Spanish missions and presidios in their efforts to colonize Texas

The Spanish missions were important to colonize Texas because they were used to convert Native Americans to Catholicism and teach them the Spanish culture. The presidios were also important because they were used to provide vital military protection to the missions against hostile Native American tribes and French invasion.

1. The effects the Mexican War of Independence had on Texas

The effects that the Mexican War of Independece had on Texas were that the population decreased, most of those remaining in Texas remained at La Bahia or San Antonio, Nacogdoches was abandoned, the economy was destroyed, tensions between the Tejanos and Native Americans increased, raids increased, and the Mexican government decided they needed more settlers.

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