FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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it had good roads.
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it was half-way between the Rio Grande and East Texas.
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people liked the River Walk.
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no one was living there.
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Detailed explanation-1: -When the settlement at San Antonio was built in 1718, what was the significance of its location? Its midway location between the Rio Grande and East Texas made supplying the missions easier.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mission San Antonio de Valero was established on May 1, 1718, as the first Spanish mission along the San Antonio River. It was named for San Antonio de Padua, the patron saint of the mission’s founder, Father Antonio de Olivares as well as for the viceroy of New Spain, the Marquis de Valero.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first Spanish-speaking settlers established a mission and presidio (fort) around the San Antonio River in 1718. The first settlement, called the Villa de Bexar, was little more than civilian housing for families of soldiers stationed at the presidio.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.