FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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he was tired of the Spanish government refusing to rebuild the missions in East Texas.
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he wanted permission to trade with the French in Louisiana.
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he wanted a Popeye’s franchise in Nacodoches.
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he wanted the French to build a mission for the Tejas.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hidalgo had long wanted to return to Texas, but his Spanish superiors did not allow it. Finally, in 1711 he took the bold and surprising action of writing to the French governor of Louisiana to ask for help in reestablishing missions in East Texas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Frustrated for more than a decade in his efforts to expand missionary activities beyond the Rio Grande, in 1711 Hidalgo dispatched a letter to the French governor of Louisiana. In it he asked for assistance in reestablishing missions in East Texas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Helped build San Francisco de los Tejas.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1690, De León and Massanet founded the San Francisco de los Tejas Mission. The following year they began an offshoot, Santísimo Nombre de Maria, a few miles away.