FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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Bad location
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Weather
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Fear of attack
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Natives did not accept Catholicism
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Detailed explanation-1: -By 1693, Santísimo Nombre de María mission had been washed away by Neches River flood waters and Father Massenet himself had burned San Francisco de los Tejas to the ground. The Spanish abandoned their efforts to establish missions in east Texas. Weary and discouraged, Franciscan friars walked home to Mexico.
Detailed explanation-2: -B. What are the reasons the missions failed to Christianize the plains people. The missions lacked supplies, The missions lacked people, and the natives were too independant.
Detailed explanation-3: -What EFFECT did the missions have on the native Texas population? Many native groups moved to Mexico to get away. Diseases killed many of the native groups.
Detailed explanation-4: -By 1731, as a result of changing political policies, drought, and disease, the missions in eastern Texas once again began to falter. Three of these missions were eventually relocated along the San Antonio River, joining the two founded earlier and the presidio of San Antonio de Béxar.