USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Spaniards also introduced sun-dried adobe bricks to West Texas, material that revolutionized the architecture of the region. The customary flat-roofed adobe building originated in Spain and was spread throughout northern Mexico and the American Southwest by early soldiers, clerics, and colonists.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Spanish Colonial era in Texas began with a system of missions and presidios, designed to spread Christianity and to establish control over the region. The missions were managed by friars from the order of St.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spanish culture in what became the state of Texas would be based primarily on-and filtered through-Mexican culture, a very distinct and dynamic cultural tradition that derived only partly from Spanish culture. Many of those descended from Spaniards were mestizo or mixed blood.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following was a characteristic of the Spanish Colonial Era in Texas? Missions were built to establish Spanish land claims.