Warm-Up
What was the main purpose to having so many
missions in Texas?
Please answer in 2 complete sentences.
Spanish Texas 1763-1819
Vocabulary
Define:
Alliance – an agreement between two or more nations,
peoples, or groups to work together.
Filibuster – an individual who carries out rebellious
activities in a foreign country
Liberation – setting something free
Republic – a government in which the power lies with
the citizens, who vote for people to represent them.
Spain Acquires Louisiana
 In 1763, the Seven Years’ War ends and France loses
all of it’s territory in the North America.
 The Seven Years’ War was a war between France and
Great Britain.
Spain Closes East Texas Missions
 Spain realized that it could not protect all of its
missions and decided to close the missions in east
Texas.
 Missions in San Antonio and Goliad were the only
missions not abandoned.
 In 1800 Spain was forced to give Louisiana back to
France.
 In 1803 the United States purchased the Louisiana
Territory from France for about 15 million dollars.
France reacquires Louisiana
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Disputes About Boundaries
 The United States claimed that the American
territory extended at least to the Sabine River and
possibly included Texas.
 Spain claimed that the eastern boundary was a line
from the Arroyo Hondo to the Calcasieu River in
Louisiana.
 In 1819, the United States and Spain signed the
Adam-Onis Treaty
 Spain gave Florida to the United States and agreed
that the Sabine River was the eastern most part of
Texas.
 In return, the United States gave up all claims to
Texas. Spain now owned Texas.
Defining New Boundaries
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1803
1819
Americans Migrate To Texas
 Filibuster - an individual who carries out rebellious
activities in a foreign country..
 Philip Nolan - Nolan claimed he was capturing and
selling wild horses in Texas for the Spanish
government. The Spanish worried about Nolan’s ties
to the United States. They attacked and killed Nolan.
 General James Wilkinson - Spain hired Wilkinson, a
United States Army general, as a double agent.
Wilkinson plotted with Aaron Burr to take Kentucky
and Louisiana from the United States and start an
independent country. The plot failed.
Unrest Grows in Texas Pg. 144-148
People
Father Miguel Hidalgo
Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara and
Augustus Magee
Michel Aury and Jean Latiffe
James Long
Significant Action