USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Massanet spent several years building missions in Mexico. Then, in 1690, he accompanied General Alonso De León, governor of the state of Coahuila, to establish a Spanish presence in Texas. In that year, Mission San Francisco de los Tejas was founded near the Neches River.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Caddo expressed interest in learning about Christianity, and the following year Alonso De León led an expedition to establish a mission in East Texas. It was completed near the Hasinai village of Nabedaches in late May, and its first mass was conducted on June 1, 1690.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Franciscan Priest who brought Spanish settlers to Texas in the 1600s and founded the first Spanish Mission in East Texas.

Detailed explanation-4: -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. Domingo Teran de los Rios, appointed “Governor” of the province, crossed Texas bringing additional priests and supplies.

Detailed explanation-5: -As a direct response to the French intrusion into Texas, General Alonso de León and fray Damián Massanet led the 1690 expedition that founded Mission San Francisco.