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presidios
military bases in Spanish colonial America
San Antonio de Valero
mission built on the San Antonio River
El Camino Real
"Royal Road" that led from the East Texas
missions to Mexico City
viceroy
royal governor
Tejas
name the Spanish used for the Hasinai Indians
"Friend"
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vaqueros
cowboys
Corpus Christi de la Isleta
first Spanish mission in Texas
La Salle expedition
supported by King Louis XIV of France; France's
claim to Louisiana was made possible by this;
kept a secret because the Spanish would have
been angered by a settlement so close to Texas
Father Francisco Hidalgo
a priest who wanted to maintain missions in East
Texas
San Antonio
first organized civil government in Texas
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Ranchos
spanish word for ranches
El Camino Real
"Royal Road" that led from East Texas missions
to Mexico City
Vaqueros
spanish word for cowboys
La Salle
explorer who claimed the Mississippi and its
drainage area for France
East Texas
became more important to the Spanish after the
French bagan explorations there
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The "secret"
La Salle's plan to build a settlement at the mout
of the Mississippi was kept a secret from the
Spanish who would be angered with a French site
so near to Texas
Spanish
were the first Europeans to establish settlements
in North America
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