FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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access to a river as a transportation route.
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help getting supplies to missions in East Texas as San Antonio was a midpoint
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presence of many Native Americans
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more trading opportunities with the French
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Detailed explanation-1: -Beginning in 1718, five mission communities formed along the San Antonio River. These missions were at the northern frontier of New Spain, a territory of the Spanish Empire. These Spanish colonial missions transformed local ways of life by introducing a new religion, farming, and settled communities.
Detailed explanation-2: -One of the goals of the Spanish missions was to protect Texas from French settlement. The Spanish built most of their missions in eastern Texas. The easternmost Los Adaes was established in the present-day town of Robeline, Louisiana, placing it near the French settlement of Natchitoches.
Detailed explanation-3: -Within 13 years, five were located along the San Antonio River. The missions purpose was to acculturate and Christianize the native population and make them Spanish citizens.
Detailed explanation-4: -Established between 1718 and 1731, these missions were built not only to spread the faith of the conquistadors, but also to serve multiple foreign policy objectives for the Spanish government.