CHAPTER 6-END OF SPANISH RULE- OUTLINE NOTES
SECTION 1- SPANISH TEXAS 1763-1819
PAGES 138-142
I. Spain Acquires Louisiana
A. Great Britain’s victory over ______________ in the ______________ changed the
balance of power in the America’s.
B. In the Treaty of Paris, 1763, Great Britain received:
1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
C. Spain received:
1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
II. Spain Closes East Texas Missions
A. The Spanish government sent _____________ to investigate the need for missions in
Texas.
1. Rubi realized that Spain had neither the ______________ nor the _____________
to maintain and _______________ all its missions.
2. San Antonio would remain the hub of Spanish activity in Texas.
III. The United States Buys Louisiana
A. In 1800 Napoleon Bonaparte forced Spain to give _______________ back to France.
B. Three years later, the U.S. purchased the ______________________ from France
for about _______________ million dollars.
1. Territory _______________ the size of the U.S.
2. U.S. now borders _______________.
IV. Disputes About Boundaries
A. U.S. claimed _______________ as the border between the U.S. and Spain.
B. Spain claimed the boundary was a line from the _______________ to the
_______________ River in Louisiana.
C. Compromise: James Wilkinson (U.S.) and Simon de Herrera (Spain) agreed that neither
country would occupy the disputed area.
D. It became known as the _______________.
E. Adams-Onis Treaty
1. Spain gave _______________ to the U.S.
2. Spain agreed on the _______________ as the border between Spain and the U.S.
3. U.S. surrendered ________________________________________________.
SECTION 2-UNREST GROWS IN TEXAS
PAGES 144-148
I. Hidalgo Calls For Independence
A. _______________ unhappy with Spanish rule. ________________ from Spain and
_______________ to pay for wars in _______________.
B. Father Hidalgo y Costilla led the call for ______________ from Spain on September 16,
1810.
1. He was _______________ and executed in 1811.
II. Gutierrez de Lara, a follower of Hidalgo, and Magee, an American, planned to invade and
free _______________ from Spain.
A. Their _______________ were called the Republican Army of the North.
B. The Republican Army captured Nacogdoches (in Aug. 1812), Goliad (in Feb. 1813), and
San Antonio (in March 1813).
C. The Army proclaims that Texas is ____________________.
D. The Republican Army is defeated by the Spanish army at the Battle of _____________
in August 1813.
SECTION 3-SPANISH RULE ENDS IN TEXAS
PAGES 150-153
I. Texas At the End of Spain’s Rule
A. In September, _______________, Mexico won its independence from _____________.
Texas was now a part of this new _______________.
B. The three settlements established in Texas by Spain were:
1. _________________________________________________________________
2._________________________________________________________________
3._________________________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________ was the Spanish capital or Texas.
II. Spanish Neglect
A. Spain fails to attract Spanish settlers to Texas:
1. No ______________ or _______________ to lure fortune hunters and
_______________ to Texas.
2. Many Spaniards preferred to live in ____________________ which had universities,
artists, physicians and more comforts.
3. _______________ and ___________________ preferred the more fertile areas
of Mexico and California.
4. Most Native Americans in Texas remained _______________ or displayed little
interest in Spanish _______________ and _______________.
5. Spanish authorities frequently ______________ the Province of Texas.
III. Spanish Legacy
A. Legacies of Spanish Texas-how Spain left its mark on Texas
1. Spaniards _______________ and _______________ this vast land.
2. Many places in Texas have _______________ names.
3. Spaniards laid out the first ______________.
a. El Camino Real, ________________________, ran from __________________
to ________________ and from Laredo to _____________________. It was a
main trade route.
b. Atascosita Raod or Opelousas Trail was used for ________________________.
It ran from ____________________ to _____________________.
4. Settlers brought horse, _______________, sheep and _______________ into
Texas.
5. Texans used Spanish _______________ system, including its practices, method and
special terms.
6. Spanish _______________ made the first long cattle drives from _____________
to markets in _______________________.
B. Texas settlers adapted Spanish customs to ______________ conditions and their
adjustments formed the beginning of a distinct _______________ culture that has
continued in the state today.
C. Nearly _______________ million Texans today have Spanish surnames.