FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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The mission San Antonio de Bexar was built. This later becomes the city we know today as San Antonio.
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It was the year the Natives built the alamo.
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It was the year Cabeza de Vaca found Palo Duro Canyon
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It was the year Coronado found his Gold.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Presidio de Béxar was founded on May 5, 1718 by Spanish colonial official Martín de Alarcón and his party of thirty-five soldiers. The Villa de Béjar is known for being the first Spanish settlement of San Antonio and consisted of the families of the Presidio Soldiers and those of the prior expeditions.
Detailed explanation-2: -On May 1, 1718, the Spanish established a mission-presidio complex approximately midway between the Rio Grande Valley and the missions of East Texas. This was the founding of the city of San Antonio, the most significant Texas settlement of the Spanish era.
Detailed explanation-3: -When the settlement at San Antonio was built in 1718, what was the significance of its location? Its midway location between the Rio Grande and East Texas made supplying the missions easier.
Detailed explanation-4: -During 1718 San Antonio established its first form of government in which the Alcalde was named, civilian processes, established main and military plaza, roads, land grant and Mission ranches and Rancherias, acequias, etc.
Detailed explanation-5: -San Antonio de Béxar-originally Villa de San Fernando de Béxar-was the first civil government established by the Spanish in the province of Texas.