FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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It reawakened Spanish interest in east Texas.
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Spain did not care if the French lived in Texas.
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French claimed Texas for longer than the Spanish.
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It made the natives happy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Spain had been busy establishing colonies in Mexico and New Mexico; however, when they discovered Fort Saint Louis, Alonso de Leon was sent to destroy it. The discovery of Fort St. Louis led Spain to renew its colonization efforts in Texas.
Detailed explanation-2: -The French who came to Texas in search of better social, political, and economic conditions contributed to the state in extending the frontier and in encouraging cultural development. The census of 1850 showed 647 French-born men in Texas; that of 1860 listed 1, 883.
Detailed explanation-3: -Following the Louisiana Purchase, Spain began to reinforce Texas in order to protect its Mexican colony from its new neighbor, the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Beginning in the 1680s, the Spanish initiated a series of expeditions, or entradas, into Texas to combat French intrusions into the region (West 1905: 200). In 1686, Alonzo de León led the first land expedition seeking to expel the French from their colony at Fort St.