FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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It had large lakes to provide water for the area.
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It was on the route to get suppies to East Texas.
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The Native Americans asked for a mission.
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The weather was mild which appealed to the settlers.
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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: -Anthony of Padua. On May 5 a presidio (military garrison) known as San Antonio de Béxar was established nearby. The site, on the river’s west bank, was a stopping place on the trail through the Texas wilderness between missions on the Rio Grande and those in East Texas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why did Spain think that the San Antonio would make a good location for a presidio and mission? For a source of water and it was a midway point. Why did the French attack the San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes mission? Because they got word of the war in Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -The City of San Antonio is one of the oldest Spanish settlements in Texas and was, for decades, its largest city. Before Spanish colonization, the site was occupied for thousands of years by varying cultures of indigenous peoples. The historic Payaya Indians were likely those who encountered the first Europeans.