tx history-ch-5.4
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Chapter 5.4:
Consequences of Spanish Exploration
Oñate founds New Mexico
• Spanish lose interest in northern New Spain
• Settlement slowly expands northwards
Map of New Spain, circa 1804
Oñate founds New Mexico
• Wants to control settlement
• Juan de Oñate granted the right to settle and govern the colony of New Mexico
King Philip II
Oñate founds New Mexico
• Led 500 settlers northward
• Built settlement north of present-day Santa Fe
Juan de Oñate
Oñate founds New Mexico
• Led expedition NE of Quivira
• Crossed Texas Panhandle
• Failed Loose Interest
Juan de Oñate
What are some effects of trading goods with other
peoples or nations?
The Effects of Spanish Exploration
•Europeans carried diseases such as smallpox and measles
The Effects of Spanish Exploration
Indians died from these diseases
because they had not been exposed
to them
The Effects of Spanish Exploration
Epidemic—widespread outbreaks of
diseases
The Effects of Spanish Exploration
•Columbian Exchange—the term describing the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and other continents since the time of Columbus
The Effects of Spanish Exploration
•Spanish brought to America: bananas, cattle, horses, pigs
•Spanish took to Europe: corn, peanuts, turkeys
Mad Cow Disease
Japan had banned the import of U.S. beef due to fears of Mad Cow
Disease
The Rise of the Plains Horse Culture
•Mustangs-offspring of wild Spanish horses
The Rise of the Plains Horse Culture
• Indians acquired horses through trade and raids
•Horses greatly changed Indian life
•Spanish horrified when they saw Apache riding on horseback
The Rise of the Plains Horse Culture
•Spanish-Indian relations change after Plains Indians begin to use horses
The Apache Dominate the Plains
•Relations between the Apache and Spanish were friendly at first
Apache Indians
The Apache Dominate the Plains
• NM settlements raided
•Apache unstoppable on horseback
•Conflicts will continue
Spanish Exploration in Texas
Effects on Spain Effects on Indians