FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Father Damian Massanet
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Father Francisco Hidalgo
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Antonio Margil de Jesus
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Jose de Escandon
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1720, Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús (1657-1726) was the founder of San Antonio’s flagship mission, Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo.
Detailed explanation-2: -Antonio Margil de Jesus was a Franciscan monk and priest who was a missionary in New Spain during the 1600s and 1700s. Born in Valencia, Spain, on August 18, 1657, he became a monk at the early age of 15.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Order of Friars Minor, known as the Franciscans, was founded by St. Francis of Assisi in the 13th century. It was the Franciscans who were given responsibility for all the Texas missions.
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: -The first Spanish mission in East Texas, San Francisco de los Tejas, was begun in May 1690 as a response to the La Salle expedition.