FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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He secretly asked France for help.
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He kept pleading with the Spanish government until they finally gave in.
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He built the mission himself, with the help of his fellow priests.
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He gave up in frustration.
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Detailed explanation-1: -For over ten years he had asked Spanish officials to rebuild the mission for the Tejas. Desperate, Hidalgo wrote a letter to the French governor in Louisiana, asking the French to build a mission among the Tejas. The letter was sent in secret, without the Spanish officials’ permission.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Among them was the Franciscan Father Francisco Hidalgo (ee-dahl-goh). Years before, he had served at San Francisco de los Tejas. After it was abandoned, Father Hidalgo helped found the San Juan Bautista mission along the Rio Grande, but he was not content there.
Detailed explanation-4: -A Mission to Change History 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-5: -Established between 1718 and 1731, these missions were built not only to spread the faith of the conquistadors, but also to serve multiple foreign policy objectives for the Spanish government.