USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the next several decades, Spain built missions, military outposts called presidios, and towns in lands occupied by Native Americans. Spanish officials learned of La Salle’s fort in Texas soon after it was built. They immediately sent troops to destroy it.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Spanish, having long been wary of French plans for the Mississippi region, responded immediately to rumors of a French presence on the Tejas coast. Between 1686 and 1691 they dispatched a total of nine expeditions from New Spain (Mexico) to Tejas, four by sea and five by land, to search for the French.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. In response to a perceived threat from the French, the Spanish resettled in East Texas in the early 1700s. 2. The Spanish built several missions, a presidio, and the region’s first civil settlement near what is now San Antonio.

Detailed explanation-4: -Territory Claims Threatened and French Incursions France had already claimed the Louisiana area on the border of Texas, and Spain worried that the French would encroach into Spanish territory.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña This mission was originally established on the Angelina River in East Texas in 1716 as Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Ainais. It served the Ainais tribe. It was closed because of the French threat and reopened in 1721.