FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Native American Indian tribes stake claim over Texas
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Spanish and French colonists leave America after finding no gold
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Spanish and French explorers both claim land in Texas
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France pushes Spain out of claiming any Texas land
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Age of Contact (1528-1690) was the era when Spaniards – and later the French – arrived in Texas searching for wealth and hoping to find native empires (like the Aztecs or the Incans) to conquer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact era in Texas history? Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first recorded exploration of today’s Texas was made in the 1530s by Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, along with two other Spaniards and a Moorish slave named Estevanico. They were members of an expedition commanded by Panfilo de Narváez that left Cuba in 1528 to explore what is now the southeastern United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1519, Spanish explorer and map-maker Alonso Álvarez de Pineda led an Spanish expedition that, for the first time, mapped the coast of Texas along the Gulf of Mexico.