MISSIONS AND PRESIDIOS OF TEXAS(Under spain)
MISSIONS were built by Spain to establish control of what is now Texas
Spread Catholicism to the native population. (GOD, Gold, Glory)
Populate Texas
People living in the Missions were religious officials such as fathers, monks.
PRESIDIOS military outpost; built by Spain to protect the Missions.
Legacy of Missions
Established farming/ranching
Spread the Spanish culture and language
Difficulty converting Native Texans
Names to know
Francisco Hidalgo- advocate for missions and Indians; attempted to reestablish missions in East Tx
Damian Massanet- founded San Franciso de Los Tejas; established 6 more missions
Jose de Escandon- South Tx.; Known as the “Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley”
Magril de Jesus- founded the most successful mission” San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo”
Native Americans
Served
Date Founded and River
Official Name SymbolWe’re going to call it…
Claim to Fame
San Saba de la Santa Cruz
½ point between Rio Grande/ other missions
Mapping the Missions
Ysleta 1st permanent settlement of Europeans in Texas
Jumano and Tiguas
1682Rio Grande1st
Corpus Christi de Ysleta
Tejas Mission
1st Spanish mission after La Salle (East TX)
Caddos (Tejas)
1690Neches
San Francisco de los Tejas
San Juan Base for many expeditions who aimed to establish missions Provided grain, cattle, horses
Coahuiltecans
1700Rio Grande
San Juan Bautista ½
Known as the AlamoTonkawaCoahuiltecans
1718San Antonio
Valero (the Alamo)
San Antonio de Valero
“Queen of the Missions”, considered the Most Beautiful (on the SA Mission Trail)
TonkawaCoahuiltecans
1721San Antonio
San JoseSan Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo
La Bahia First established on Ft. St. Louis site, then moved (became Goliad)
Karankawa
1722Guadalupe
La Bahia del Espiritu Santo
San Saba(The Plains Mission)
The Plains Mission – Apaches asked for the mission to protect them from Comanches – Failed b/c Plains Indians were too independent
Apache & Comanche
1757San Saba
Mission Corpus christi de la isleta 1682
1st permanent European settlement in Texas. Missions and Presidios were a way to hold on to territory claimed by Spain.
san francisco de los tejas 1690
1st Spanish Mission built in East Texas.
After the failure of the mission, France’s St. Denis expressed interest in trading with the natives of Texas, as a result, Spain began building new missions in Texas.
San antonio de valero (alamo) 1718
Built by Spain to be a half-way point between New Spain (what is now Mexico) and the missions of East Texas.
PRESIDIO SAN ANTONIO de BEXAR 1718
Built by the Spanish to protect San Antonio de Valero. (Alamo)
Key
Ysleta
Tejas Mission
San Juan Bautista
San Antonio de
Valero (the Alamo)
San Jose
La Bahia
San Saba Mission
Neches River
San Antonio River
Guadalupe River
Rio Grande
San Saba River1st
1st
½
½
Motives
French LaSalle
Interested in trading with the Natives in Tx.
Explains why the French had a better relationship with the Natives
The French just wanted to trade
Spanish Colonized Tx. In order
to control Texas
Spanish wanted to control the land and its inhabitants
JAMESTOWN 1607
1st permanent English settlement in the New World.
Established by England for profit. $$$(GOLD)
PLYMOUTH 1620 Plymouth, Massachussets was
established by the Pilgrims who were seeking religious freedom in the New World. (GOD)
Mayfower Compact- Set out laws and rules to be followed by settlers
1st form of representative government in the New World