USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -San Antonio de Valero Mission was established May 1, 1718, as the Spanish created the Presidio of San Antonio de Béxar and the attached civil settlement, which is present-day San Antonio. The community was to be a way-station on the journey from the Rio Grande to the East Texas missions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Why did the Spanish need a settlement between east Texas and the rio grande ? It would make it to supply the missions and the supply of water, there was 2 much distance.

Detailed explanation-3: -San Fernando de Béxar (now San Antonio) was founded in 1731 between the San Antonio River and San Pedro Creek, to the east of the presidio established at the same location in 1718. It was the first chartered civil settlement in Texas and was named in honor of the heir to the Spanish throne, the future Fernando VI.

Detailed explanation-4: -San Juan Bautista Mission was founded on St. John’s Day, June 24, 1699, on the Río de Sabinas, some twenty-five miles north of Lampazos, Nuevo León, Mexico, with 150 Indians of various Coahuiltecan bands.

Detailed explanation-5: -The most successful were the areas of San Antonio and Goliad or La Bahia. In San Antonio, one presidio protected the inhabitants of the growing community and its four missions-Concepcion, San Jose, San Juan, and Espada.