The Spanish Missions Mission Religious communities Used to convert the American Indians to Catholicism worship speak English read write Spanish songs and dances and farming Built near rivers ID: 344459
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1680’s – 1760’s
The Spanish MissionsSlide2
Mission
Religious communities
Used to convert the American Indians to Catholicism
worship, speak English, read, write, Spanish songs and dances, and farmingBuilt near riversMost built along the Rio Grande or in East TexasMany Indians attacked rather than change their culture
Schedule:7am-8 am=religious services8am-6pm=work6pm-7pm=prayers and dinnerSlide3
Presidios
Military bases
Built of adobe, stone and timber
Stockade-wall surrounding the fortProtected several missions from Indian attacksSoldiers job- protect the mission and supervise IndiansSlide4
Civil Settlements and ranchos
Provided products and services for missions and presidios
Well defined streets that led past homes and buildings
Ayuntamiento – governing councilAlcalde – mayor, sheriff, and judgeSlide5
The French in East Texas
1682 – French explorer La Salle sailed down the Mississippi River and into the Gulf of Mexico
Claimed all Mississippi lowlands for France
Named the region “Louisiana” for King Louis XIVIn order to expand Louisiana, La Salle also claimed East TexasShh…it’s a secretMatagorda Bay – Obese-ly
FatSlide6
La Salle and Fort St. Louis
Established Fort St. Louis
Small houses, fort, chapel with 8 cannons
No suppliesAttacks by KarankawaLa Salle murdered by his own menEnded in disasterBut…
Gave France a claim to TexasChallenged Spain's empire north of the Rio GrandeSlide7
Spain answers back
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TejasAlonso de Leon and Father Massanet claimed East Texas for SpainBuilt San Francisco de los Tejas to convert the Tejas
Droughts and floods ruin cropsDeaths due to diseaseTension amongst Spaniards and the TejasTejas did not want religious instructionSpaniards burned mission to ground in 1693First Spanish mission in East Texas ended in failureSlide8
Spain in East Texas
Sent priests, soldiers and their wives, and civilians
Brought gifts for the
TejasBuilt Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas and five other missionsBuilt Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de los
Tejas presidioSlide9
Spanish in San Antonio
Needed missions in between East Texas and the Rio Grande
Martin de Alarcon (governor or Texas), in 1718, built a mission along the San Antonio River
San Antonio de Valero-missionSan Antonio de Bexar-presidioVilla de Bexar-civil settlement Became the most successful missions in TexasNamed road between the East Texas, San Antonio and the Rio Grande El Camino Real, or the Royal RoadSlide10
1718! 1718! 1718! 1718! 1718! 1718!
Martin de Alarcon established a mission and presidio at the site of present day San AntonioSlide11
Examples of Spanish Influence in Texas
Catholic heritage and missions
Routes of first Texas roads
Many Spanish place names
Culture (architecture, art, food, language, music)
Legal traditions
Cattle ranching traditions and terms