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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First to make friends with the Native Americans
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Formed alliance with the French to expand trade
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Became governor of first mission
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Built first mission in East Texas
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1690, Father Massanet established the mission San Francisco de los Tejas mission. This mission was the first mission in east Texas and would ignite Spanish colonization in the area.
Detailed explanation-2: -A Franciscan Priest who brought Spanish settlers to Texas in the 1600s and founded the first Spanish Mission in East Texas.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1690, De León and Massanet founded the San Francisco de los Tejas Mission. The following year they began an offshoot, Santísimo Nombre de Maria, a few miles away. Domingo Teran de los Rios, appointed “Governor” of the province, crossed Texas bringing additional priests and supplies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Massanet spent several years building missions in Mexico. Then, in 1690, he accompanied General Alonso De León, governor of the state of Coahuila, to establish a Spanish presence in Texas. In that year, Mission San Francisco de los Tejas was founded near the Neches River.
Detailed explanation-5: -1690 – Father Damian Massanet set up the first mission in East Texas called San Francisco de los Tejas. Father Francisco Hidalgo builds San Juan Bautista. Jose de Escandon founded Laredo and 20 other settlements near the Rio Grande.