FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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France became a major power in New Spain.
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Spain moved quickly at establishing missions north of the Rio Grande.
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France introduced farming to the natives.
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Spain sold the Louisiana territory to France for $15 million.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The colony would serve as a military base from which to conquer the Spanish silver mines of New Spain. It would discourage other Europeans from moving into the area. The French also would gain a port for the valuable fur trade and perhaps even trade with the Spanish colonies. King Louis agreed to La Salle’s proposal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The La Salle expedition had far-reaching results. First, it shifted Spanish explorers’ interests from western Texas to eastern Texas. There was a renewal of Spanish exploration of the northern Gulf shore. It also inspired the French to claim Texas, causing the Spanish to move in Texas as a reaction to a French threat.
Detailed explanation-3: -The La Salle expedition shifted the focus of Spanish interest from western Texas to eastern Texas. The French began exploring this area, too. Men from La Salle’s colony became explorers and set up settlements in the South and Southwest.
Detailed explanation-4: -René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, established a French settlement on the Texas coast in summer 1685, the result of faulty geography that caused him to believe the Mississippi River emptied into the Gulf of Mexico in the Texas coastal bend.