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Columbus lands in the Bahamas, thinking he was in India. He never entered Texas.
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Pineda maps thee costline from presant day Flordia to presant day Flordia.
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Cabeza de Vaca and three men survive the Naraez expedition by being shipwercked on Galvestine Island. They are captured by indians and held prisoner for many years.
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searches for the 7 cities of gold. Found nothing, and reported the Texas panhandle held nothing of value.
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Took over the De Soto expedition and led men into east Texas. He found petroluem. but did not know what its vaule was at the time. Turned around and backtracked home.
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Claimed the Rio Grande valley for Spain.
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The mission was built among the Tigua people in 1682. Shortly after the mission was built, 21 Spanish families moved to the area to meet the spiritual needs of the Tigua people.
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Built Fort Saint Louis, Garcitas Creek, Matagorda
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was established in May of 1690, and was the first mission founded in east Texas. Spain had learned that La Salle had been in the area and built Fort St. Louis. They feared that even though La Salle’s settlement had failed, France would send another group of settlers to try again
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was the second mission founded in east Texas along the Neches River around August 1690. This mission was completely destroyed by flooding from the Neches River
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After a rough beginning and several moves, the mission was permanently moved to San Antonio in 1731, becoming the third in a chain of five missions established along the San Antonio River. From the beginning the priests at Mission Concepcion tried to replace Indian ceremonies with religious festivals that taught the Indians about Christianity.
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The mission had a difficult beginning, but soon the 300 Indians who lived there became successful farmers and ranchers.
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was established on April 10, 1722, along the Matagorda Bay of the Guadalupe River. The mission was built to serve the Karankawa indians and to reinforce the Spanish presence in the area to help keep the French out of Texas.
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These skills helped the Indians survive in Texas long after the missions were closed. Mission Espada is located due South of Mission San Juan. Show its location by placing an oval with the number 9 in it on your map.
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Place the number 11 oval along latitude line 17 between the Guadalupe River and the Colorado River to mark the correct spot.
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was established in 1757. It was attacked and destroyed in a revolt by Indians less than a year later. You should mark its spot on the map with the number 12 oval by placing it just Northeast of the Nueces River.
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was founded in 1716 and remained in use for more than 50 years until it was abandoned in 1773. A few years later, when they established the town of Nacogdoches, settlers used the empty buildings. This mission is located just Southeast of Mission Santisimo near present-day Nacogdoches. Place the number 10 oval in the correct location.
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Later, Irish immigrants to the area named their settlement after the mission. Place the number 13 oval to represent this mission along the Texas coast, just south of the San Antonio Rive
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The mission was located on the east bank of the San Antonio River.
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This mission is located between the Alamo and San Jose missions along the San Antonio River. Show the mission’s location by putting the number 7 in an oval on the the map.