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Vocabulary:
Mission - a settlement set up in Indian Territory, ran by Spanish friars, and paid for by the
Spanish government.
Friar – members of the clergy (preachers) that taught Christianity to the Indians.
Presidio – Forts built around missions, which offered safety from un-friendly Indians.
catechism – a set of questions and answers about Catholic beliefs.
epidemic – the rapid spread of diseases in a short time
cede – to give up formal ownership of something
Tejano ( teh-HAH-noh) – a person of Hispanic descent born and living in Texas
class – social rank based on a person’s wealth or place of birth
peninsulares – Highest class in their society ( conservatives )
criollos – second class or middle class
mestizos – a mixed race between Spanish and Native Americans
filibuster - a person who wages an unofficial war on a country
republic- a society where citizens elect representatives to make laws
conservatives – people that want to limit new changes and keep their old ways
1. How did the U.S. and New Spain become neighbors? P92 The US bought Louisiana from France
2. Name four (4) legacies that the Spanish missions left in Texas. P90 Ranching, Spanish Language,
Town Names, River Names, County Names,
3. Why was San Antonio de Bexar located where it was? P83 because it was halfway between the Rio
Grande and East Texas
4. Define pirate and who was Texas’ pirate ?
sea. P96
Jean La Fitte – A person who steals from ships on the
5. When did Mexico win its independence? P99 1821
6. List the names of the seven (7) filibusters against Texas. P92-96
Gutierrez, Kemper, Magee, Nolan, Long, Burr, & Wilkerson
7. What was the main thing that made soldiers unhappy in the presidios? P89 low pay
8. Identify 2 things about Los Adaes. P82 capital of Spanish Texas or East Texas, Abandoned due
to conflict with Indians, Chicken War
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9. List three goals of the missions. P80-81 convert Native Americans to Christianity, lead Native
Americans to adopt Spanish way of life, and to Strengthen Spain’s hold on Texas
10.
List three reasons why Native Americans came to missions. P86 have steady food supply,
protection from enemies, and received gifts
11.
What did the friars use the catechism for? P87 to convert Native Americans
12.
Identify St. Denis. P82 Built several missions including Los Adaes, the Spanish Capital of
Texas
13.
Why did Spain start to build missions/presidios in East Texas? P80-81 keep France out of
Texas
14.
Why did peninsulares ,(conservatives) dislike the revolt of Hidalgo? P98 They feared that the
lower class would take their power
15.
Identify the Neutral Ground Agreement. P94
Achieve peace on the border of the US and Spanish Texas
16.
What were some of the jobs of Native Americans in the missions. P87 ranching, farming,
craft work, making products like soap and bricks
17.
What happened to the East Texas mission, Los Adaes? P84 it was abandoned because of
conflict with Indians, The Chicken War
18.
What was the main reason for the Santa Cruz de San Saba Mission? p83 The Lipan Apache
agreed to become Catholics if the Spanish would protect them from the Comanche
19.
What was the mission bells used for? P91 To call the people into prayer, meals, & stop the
work day
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20.
By the end of the 1700’s, Spain had only two (2) mission / presidios in Texas. Name them. P90.
San Antonio, & La Bahia.
21.
Who was the French Emperor in the early 1800’s? P94 Napoleon Bonaparte
22.
What group did not give support for Hidalgo? P98. The peninsulares (high class of New Spain)
23.
Name the three (3) Spanish settlements that remained in Texas at the end of the 1700’s.
P.90 La Bahia, San Antonio, & Nacogdoches
24.
Mission-Presidio System – List the seven Missions.
Corpus Christi, San Saba, La Bahia, Alamo, los Tejas, de Maria, or Los Adaes
25.
How did the United States end up with Louisiana? List the 5 events IN EXACT ORDER.
a). La Salle claimed the land for France,
b). England fought and beat France in a war, ( 7 Year War or the French Indian War )
c). France ceded the land to Spain, ( so England could not claim it )
d). Another war in Europe allowed France to regain control, RECONQUEST!!!
e). Finally in 1803, France sold it to the United States ( the Louisiana Purchase).
Timeline:
1682 – Spanish build mission ‘Corpus Christi de la Ysleta’ [El Paso]
1690 – Missions ‘ El Santisimo Nombre’ and San Francisco de los Tejas
[Houston County]
1716 – mission ‘Los Adaes’ ( los ah-DAH-ehs ) [Nacogoches]
1718 – mission San Antonio de Valero [San Antonio – the Alamo]
1719 – Spain & France war
1722 – mission ‘La Bahia’ (the bay) [Goliad and Matagorda Bay]
1757 – mission ‘Santa Cruz de San Saba [San Saba]
1762 – France cedes Louisiana to Spain
1776 – American Revolution
1803 – Louisiana Purchase
1821 – Mexico gains Independence from Spain
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