FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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Galveston
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San Antonio
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a result of his inspection, Rubí recommended that Spain reorganize its frontier defenses along a cordon of fifteen presidios, each about 100 miles apart, that would stretch from the Gulf of California to the mouth of the Guadalupe River in Texas.
Detailed explanation-2: -His report had a great effect on Texas. Rubí recommended that all Spanish settlements in East Texas be moved to San Antonio. The French were no longer a threat, so the settlements were no longer needed. These settlements were not Spain’s only weak points in Texas, in Rubí’s eyes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why is the Rubi Report evidence that Spain was discouraged about developing Texas? Texas colony was not prosperous.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rubí reported that Spain did not have the wealth, power, or people necessary to hold such a huge, remote region. o Several hundred settlers around Los Adaes, including Tejanos did not want to leave E. TX. 1785: Spanish signed a peace treaty with the Comanches that lasted for about 30 years.