FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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He persuaded Native Americans to join the missions.
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He arranged for French traders to give supplies to the settlers.
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He guided Spanish soldiers and settlers on their journey to East Texas.
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He asked French officials to declare a truce with new Spanish missions.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did Frenchman Louis de St. Denis assist with Spanish plans to build missions? He guided Spanish soldiers and settlers on their journey to East Texas. How did Spain respond to French interest in extending their lands past the Mississippi River Valley in the early 1700’s?
Detailed explanation-2: -A Mission to Change History In 1711, Friar Hidalgo wrote a secret letter to Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, the French governor of Louisiana. Hidalgo asked the governor to help him reestablish the missions in east Texas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Francisco Hidalgo, a Spanish priest of the Franciscan order of Roman Catholicism, was a missionary to the American Indians in what are now northern Mexico and East Texas.
Detailed explanation-4: -Established between 1718 and 1731, these missions were built not only to spread the faith of the conquistadors, but also to serve multiple foreign policy objectives for the Spanish government.
Detailed explanation-5: -Throughout the colonial period, the missions Spain established would serve several objectives. The first would be to convert natives to Christianity. The second would be to pacify the areas for colonial purposes.