USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On May 1, 1718, the Ramon Expedition established Mission San Antonio de Valero, a presidio and a permanent settlement. The settlement would eventually become the most important Spanish colony in Texas and later the city of San Antonio and the capital of Texas. In 1719, war broke out between France and Spain.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Spanish Missions in Texas comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Dominicans, Jesuits, and Franciscans to spread the Catholic doctrine among area Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier land.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first would be to convert natives to Christianity. The second would be to pacify the areas for colonial purposes. A third objective was to acculturate the natives to Spanish cultural norms so that they could move from mission status to parish status as full members of the congregation.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first presidio established within the present State of Texas was Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Tejas (J) (Habig 1990:178-180).