FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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wrote secret letter to French asking for help in reestablishing the missions in east Texas
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became wealthy using Indian slaves
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purposely burned down his mission
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founded the most successful mission
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1711, Friar Hidalgo wrote a secret letter to Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, the French governor of Louisiana. Hidalgo asked the governor to help him reestablish the missions in east Texas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Frustrated for more than a decade in his efforts to expand missionary activities beyond the Rio Grande, in 1711 Hidalgo dispatched a letter to the French governor of Louisiana. In it he asked for assistance in reestablishing missions in East Texas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hidalgo was committed to returning to East Texas to continue his missionary work among the Hasinai. He was sent instead to what is now northeastern Mexico in 1698. There he helped establish new missions, including San Juan Bautista on the Río de Sabinas (in Nuevo León) in 1699.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -When the expedition returned to Mexico, Massanet asked the viceroy for permission to found a mission among the Tejas. The viceroy agreed, and in the spring of 1690 Father Massanet, three other friars, and about 100 soldiers set out for East Texas.