FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -T or F San Juan Bautista’s location near the Rio Grande and important crossings into Louisiana made it a strategic location. False, San Juan Bautista’s location near the Rio Grande and important crossings into Texas made it a strategic location.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was Spain’s strategy for developing Texas? To establish Catholic missions near Indian settlements in east Texas.
Detailed explanation-3: -The 500 mile journey from the Rio Grande to East Texas was Dangerous. Supplies cam to the missions slowly (if at all). with the French of Louisiana or starve. A Spanish presence midway along that journey would make the missions easier.
Detailed explanation-4: -Late in the 1600s, England, the Netherlands, some German states, and Spain joined together in what they called the Grand Alliance. They opposed the growing power of France. A war broke out between the allies and France. This War of the Grand Alliance lasted from 1689 to 1697.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.