FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Successfully converted Comanches to Christianity.
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Built missions along the Rio Grande.
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Pushed for Mexican independence.
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Established missions in both East Texas and near San Antonio.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following was a major accomplishment of Antonio Margil de Jesus? He founded the most successful Spanish mission in Texas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dedicated to converting the American Indians to Christianity, the Spanish Franciscan priest Antonio Margil de Jesús was a missionary in Central America and in what are now Mexico and Texas. In 1720 he founded the most successful of the Spanish missions in Texas: San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, in San Antonio.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Spanish began establishing missions in Texas in the 1600s. Priests and soldiers from Spain’s New Mexico missions set up outposts in San Angelo, El Paso, and Presidio. Like many of the Spanish’s efforts, these early establishments were sporadically populated and difficult to sustain.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1716 he led a band of three fathers and two lay-brothers into Texas, and founded the missions of Guadalupe among the Nacogdoches, Dolores among the Ays, and San Miguel among the Adays. These sites are in modern-day East Texas and northern Louisiana.
Detailed explanation-5: -Mission San Francisco de la Espada The first mission established within the boundaries of Spanish Texas was San Francisco de la Espada. In 1689, Spanish authorities found the remnants of a French settlement, Fort Saint Louis.