FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Spain saw the French as a threat to Spain’s claim on Texas.
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The French set up successful settlements in Spanish Texas
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Spain reacted by starting the process of colonizing Texas.
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The first reaction was to hunt down LaSalle’s people.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The La Salle expedition had far-reaching results. First, it shifted Spanish explorers’ interests from western Texas to eastern Texas. There was a renewal of Spanish exploration of the northern Gulf shore. It also inspired the French to claim Texas, causing the Spanish to move in Texas as a reaction to a French threat.
Detailed explanation-2: -Feeling unsuited for the priesthood, La Salle left the order and sailed for Canada in 1667 to join his brother, Jean. He traded furs in the Ohio River valley and explored the Mississippi River Valley with the objective of establishing fur trading posts from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, frequently referred to as Robert de La Salle, was a 17th-century French colonizer and explorer. La Salle is best known for traveling down the Mississippi River and claiming the territory of the river’s basin for the French crown.
Detailed explanation-4: -René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, established a French settlement on the Texas coast in summer 1685, the result of faulty geography that caused him to believe the Mississippi River emptied into the Gulf of Mexico in the Texas coastal bend.
Detailed explanation-5: -How did Spain react to the LaSalle expedition? It built more missions in East Texas to protect Spanish lands from the French. It shifted its interest from Texas to Florida because France was no longer interested in colonizing Florida.