USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He is known as the colonizer and first governor of the colony of Nuevo Santander, which extended from the Pánuco River in Mexico to the Guadalupe River in Texas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Count Escandon was chosen to led Spain’s expansion efforts in South Texas. In 1748, Count Escandon settled 3, 000 soldiers, priests, and settlers along the Rio Grande and Nueces rivers. Fifteen missions were established and he moved La Bahia mission and presidio to present day Goliad.

Detailed explanation-3: -(1700–70). Spanish military leader, colonizer, and colonial administrator José de Escandón was the first governor of Nuevo Santander, a Spanish province in what is now northeastern Mexico and southern Texas. He founded many towns and missions in the Spanish colony, primarily along the Rio Grande.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first Spanish missions were established in the 1680s near present-day San Angelo, El Paso and Presidio – areas that were closely tied to settlements in what is today New Mexico. In 1690, Spanish missions spread to East Texas after news surfaced of La Salle’s French settlements in the area.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first would be to convert natives to Christianity. The second would be to pacify the areas for colonial purposes. A third objective was to acculturate the natives to Spanish cultural norms so that they could move from mission status to parish status as full members of the congregation.