Unit 3 - Spanish Colonization (copy)

colonization

the process of setting up a territory under the control of a distant country

civil settlement

communities in which civilians settled; usually built near missions and presidios

haciendas

a large ranch or plantation with a house

catholic mission

a settlement in Native American territory designed to convert Native Americans to Christianity

presidio

a Spanish fort that protects a mission

Spanish Colonial Era

the period when the Spanish brought religion, language and their way of life to Texas

1718

the settlement of San Antonio was founded as well as the Mission San Antonio De Valero (later known as the Alamo)

ranches

large areas of land where Vaqueros worked with horses and cattle

San Antonio

founded by the Spanish in 1718

José de Escandón

Spanish Governor and Military Leader who built Missions and Haciendas along the Rio Grande in the 1700s. Jose Escandon was NOT a priest.

Friar Francisco Hidalgo

Catholic Priest who had a dedicated heart for the Natives and wanted to build Missions in East Tx. Sent a letter to the French governor asking for help to build Missions, which prompted the French to send St. Denis.

Antonio Margil de Jesús

Humble Catholic priest who established several missions in East Texas by 1717; due to Spanish tension with the French; these missions had to be abandoned and he fled to San Antonio where he founded Mission San Jose, the most successful of all the Texas missions.

Friar Damián Massanet

founder of the first Spanish mission in East Texas, San Francisco de Los Tejas, in 1690

Friar

a Spanish Priest

Priest

an ordained minister of the Church, having the authority to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments.

San Francisco de Los Tejas

The first mission in East Texas

Founded in 1690

Corpus Christi de Ysleta

The first Mission in Texas.

Built in 1682.

Still open today near El Paso

El Camino Real

"Royal Road" that led from Mexico City to the Missions in East Texas. Oldest road/trail in Texas.

vaquero

a Spanish term for cowboy

Founded (establish)

to set up or create