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Spanish Mission
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Founding of Santa Fe
After the founding of Santa Fe, New Mexico, El Paso became an important place for north-south communication. -
Corpus Christi
In 1680, the Indians at Santa Fe in northern New Mexico revolted aginst the spainsh causing the settlers there to flee and take refuge in the El Paso area. with the Spanish came some friendly Indian tribes who settled along the Rio Grande. There the mission on Corpus Christi took place -
Indian Revolt
The Indians in Santa Fe, New Mexico revolted against the spanish, causing them to flee and take refuge in the
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College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro
Damián Massanet and Francisco Hidalgo helped with the founding of the first east texas mission, College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro. -
San José y San Miguel de Aguayo arived in New Spain
San José y San Miguel de Aguayo arived in new spain, and he was asigned to the missionary College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro. -
Journeys with Gov. Alonso De León
Damián Massanet joined Gov. Alonso De León in the search for Fourt st. Louis. The search was sucessful.After they found Fourt st. Louis, Massanet founded Mission San Francisco de los Tejas to establish a spanish presence in Texas. -
Mission San Francisco de los Tejas end
After countinued disputes with the Caddos, Manssenet decided to burn the mission and return to Mexico. He was dicoureged by his failure and accepted no more missions. -
Hidago's letter
In atempt to expand missionary activities beyond the Rio Grande, Hildago sent a letter to the French Govener of Louisiana. In the letter he asked for assistance in restaplishing missions in East Texas. Later leading to the permanent European occupation of Texas in 1716. -
Antonio Margil de Jesús arived in East Texas
He was suposed to go on the Domingo Ramón expedition of 1716, so he could help set up Franciscan missions in East Texas. However, illness at San Juan Bautista prevented his arrival in East Texas until after the founding of the first four missions. -
Chicken War
The Chicken War was not actually a war. It was an obscure event in an ongoing struggle for control by two great world powers in the New World. It reoresented an overreaction of the Spanish men, both military and religious. It caused the Spanish to abandon many misisons. -
San José y San Miguel de Aguayo.
Antonio Margil de Jesús founded one of the most sucessful missoins in San Antonio: San José y San Miguel de Aguayo. -
José de Escandón gains rank of sergent major
José de Escandón subduded an indian uprising in Celaya, so he gained the rank of sergent major at the ragimont of Querétaro. -
Jose de Escandon starts establishing settlements along the Rio Grande
he was made Count of Sierra Gorda and Knight of the Order of Santiago by Fernando VI, and he began establishing settlements along the Rio Grande. -
Laredo
Escandón gave Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera y Garza permission to found Laredo, wich was one of the largest and most sucessful permanent Spanish setelments in southwest Texas.
