FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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Started missions in San Antonio
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Sent a letter to the French
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Started the first mission in East Texas
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Is the Father of the Lower Rio Grande
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1720, Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús (1657-1726) was the founder of San Antonio’s flagship mission, Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the “Chicken War” of 1719, the six missions and a presidio in East Texas were all abandoned, and the entire Spanish population withdrew to San Antonio. In February of the following year Margil founded at San Antonio the most successful of all Texas missions, San José y San Miguel de Aguayo.
Detailed explanation-3: -Antonio Margil de Jesus was a Franciscan monk and priest who was a missionary in New Spain during the 1600s and 1700s. Born in Valencia, Spain, on August 18, 1657, he became a monk at the early age of 15.
Detailed explanation-4: -He is remembered today not as a sailor but as the leader of the expedition that created San Antonio, Texas. Martín de Alarcón began his military career as a sailor for the Spanish royal navy in the mid-1600s.