FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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1st time native people wanted to live in missions
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Located my the coast meant near water source
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midway point btw Rio Grande and East Texas where supplies come from
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Located near Rio Grande made it closer to threaten French forts
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was the first time that native peoples wanted to live in missions. Its location by the coast meant nearness to water supplies. Its midway location between the Rio Grande and East Texas made supplying the missions easier. Its location near the Rio Grande made it closer to threaten French forts there.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did the Spanish need a settlement between east Texas and the rio grande ? It would make it to supply the missions and the supply of water, there was 2 much distance.
Detailed explanation-3: -San Antonio and the Chicken War In 1718, a Spanish expedition had gone to Texas to find a good halfway point between the Rio Grande and East Texas. The Spanish picked an area on the San Antonio River and founded Mission San Antonio de Valero on May 1, 1718.
Detailed explanation-4: -Spain’s primary goals in establishing a settlement in San Antonio were to provide travelers “an intermediate point on the long route between… [the missions]…in eastern Texas and those on the Rio Grande” and to provide defense “against any further French designs on the Matagorda Bay region” (Hoffman 1935: 4).
Detailed explanation-5: -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.