USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1731, Spanish immigrants from the Canary Islands, (Spain) settled in the area and formed the first organized civil government in Texas, founding the village of San Fernando de Bexar adjacent to the presidio.

Detailed explanation-2: -In November 1835, a provisional government known as the Consultation was established to oppose the Santa Anna regime (but stopped short of declaring independence from Mexico). On March 1, 1836, the Convention of 1836 came to order, and the next day declared independence from Mexico, establishing the Republic of Texas.

Detailed explanation-3: -San Antonio at a Glance Fact Sheet Designated a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy in November 2017, only the second city in the U.S. to receive the designation. Known for the Alamo, the number one tourist attraction in Texas and one of the city’s five Spanish colonial missions.

Detailed explanation-4: -San Antonio was founded May 1, 1718, when a Spanish expedition from Mexico established the Mission San Antonio de Valero. The mission, later called the Alamo (Spanish: “Cottonwood”), was one of five founded in the area and was named for St. Anthony of Padua.

Detailed explanation-5: -On the first of May 1718, Father Antonio Olivares, a Franciscan missionary, established the mission of San Antonio de Valero which had been founded by the governor “about three-fourths of a league down the creek” from the presidio.