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SPANISH COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Spanish Catholic priest cooperated with French authorities in Louisiana to bring missions to East Texas?
A
José de Escandón
B
Francisco Hidalgo
C
Antonio Margil de Jesús
D
Fray Damián Massanet
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He first entered East Texas in 1691 as a member of a Spanish expedition led by Domingo Terán de los Ríos and the Franciscan priest Damián Massanet . Hidalgo joined the Spanish mission San Francisco de los Tejas, established by Massanet near what is now Augusta, Texas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Two individuals, one a Spanish missionary priest, Father Francisco Hidalgo, and the other a French explorer and trader, Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, have been credited as the principal figures who engineered the return of the Spanish to eastern Texas.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1690, De León and Massanet founded the San Francisco de los Tejas Mission. The following year they began an offshoot, Santísimo Nombre de Maria, a few miles away.

Detailed explanation-4: -Frustrated for more than a decade in his efforts to expand missionary activities beyond the Rio Grande, in 1711 Hidalgo dispatched a letter to the French governor of Louisiana. In it he asked for assistance in reestablishing missions in East Texas.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer. Answer Expert Verified. The appropriate response is Francisco Hidalgo. He is the most patient and diligent backer of missions among the Indians of East Texas was conceived in Spain in 1659.

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