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FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH COLONIES

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Spanish officials soon saw the need for a colony midway between settlements along the Rio Grande and the new East Texas missions. The 500-mile (805-km) journey from the Rio Grande to East Texas was dangerous. Supplies came to the missions slowly, if at all. . . . A Spanish presence midway along that journey would make supplying the missions easier. The Spanish chose a site on the San Antonio River as the best place for the new settlement. In 1718 they built Presidio San Antonio de Béxar on the west side of the waterway. . . . This settlement was the basis for the modern city of San Antonio. Many of the soldiers sent to the presidio brought their families and settled permanently. The men farmed and built irrigation canals that could be used to water the farmlands. They also hunted game in the surrounding lands. The women helped with the farming, cooked, cleaned, and cared for the children. The settlement began to grow and eventually became a town.Based on the excerpt, what did families do at the missions?
A
They helped soldiers in the presidios with security.
B
They helped friars to attract more native peoples.
C
They sold farm products at different missions.
D
They farmed, hunted, and grew the settlement into a town.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Within a year, the Spanish had established six missions and a small fort, a pre-sidio they named Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Tejas. The presidio, located on the Neches River, was built to protect the missions from attacks by the Native Americans or the French.

Detailed explanation-3: -Section 107. In May 1690 Father Massanet founded San Francisco de los Tejas, the first mission within the confines of present-day Texas, located about five miles west of Mission Tejas State Historical Park in Houston County.

Detailed explanation-4: -The missionaries hoped to spread Christianity and the Spanish culture to native groups. Presidios were the missions’ secular counterpart. The earliest were small garrisons of Spanish soldiers who protected travel along roadways.

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