6 Presidios

• ​A Spanish military forts
• ​B Protected Spanish colonists​

Would you have enjoyed life in a Spanish Mission?

11 Chicken War

• ​A As a result of the loss in the Chicken War, Spain abandoned it's missions in East Texas​

2 Missions

• ​A Built to establish a claim to the land in Texas
• B Native Texan Tribes viewed the construction of missions with suspicion
  

• ​D Southern Colonies
  • ​Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Carolina​
  • Long growing season, rich fertile soil, plenty of rain
  • Plantation farms grew cash crops with slave labor
    

• ​C Many Texas cities such as El Paso and San Antonio reflect the cultural legacy of Spain
  
• D The Spanish founded San Antonio in 1718​

• E During that commotion the Spanish escape and run to the nearest Spanish settlement
  
• F Where they report that the French are invading Texas
  
• ​G Spain retreats from East Texas in fear
  
• H The French never invaded East Texas
  

5 Texas Missions

• ​A Mission Corpus Christi
  • 1 ​​1682
    
  • 2 El Paso
    
  • ​3 One of the earliest missions in Texas
    

• ​D Mission Concepcion
  • ​​1 1716
    
  • ​2 East Texas
  • 3 Nacogdoches area
    
  • 4 1731 moved to SA
    

9 Francisco Hidalgo

• ​A Cooperated with French Authorities in Louisiana to build missions in East Texas

8 Damian Massanet and Alonso De Leon Expedition

• ​A 1690
• B Spanish expedition in to East Texas to claim land before the French could
  

12 Meanwhile in America English Colonies

• ​A Three sections of colonies all develop differently due to their geography​

• ​C Middle Colonies
  • ​New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware​
  • Mostly trading, some farming some industry
  • Grew grains, known as BreadBasket Colonies
    

• ​C Mission San Juan Capistrano
  • ​​1 1716
    
  • ​2 East Texas
  • 3 Nacogdoches area
    
  • 4 1731 moved to SA
    

• ​E Mission San Francisco ​de los Tejas
  • ​​1 1690
    
  • ​2 East Texas
  • 3 Nacogdoches area
    
  • 4 1731 moved to SA
    
  • ​5 Renamed Mission Espada
    

Why would Natives not trust the Spanish and their missions?

Which do you think was the most important part of a mission?

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• B New England Colonies
  
  • Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
    
  • Rocky soil and long harsh winters make farming difficult
  • Lumber, fishing and shipbuilding are main industries
    

• ​B Mission San Jose
  • ​​1 1720
    
  • ​2 San Antonio
    
  • 3 First Mission built in SA
    

4 Daily Routine in a Mission

• ​A Mornings always started with prayer in the Church
  
• B Most of the day was spent working in the Gardens or
  
• C Workshop, which included training on the machines in the workshop

• C Missions
  
  • 1 (GOD) Spread Christianity
  • 2 Convert natives to Christianity
    
  • 3 ​Used Natives as a labor force to build supplies for the missions and presidios
  • 4 Also change the Natives culturally; to adopt political, social, and economic customs of the Spanish
    

10 Jose de Escandon

• ​A Spanish military commander
• ​Led Spain's efforts in South Texas
  
• ​Sent settlers to the land between the Rio Grande and the Nueces Rivers
  

Spanish Colonization 

• ​D Natives also spent time in class learning to speak Spanish
• E They attended church services to learn Catholic Doctrine and traditions
  
• ​F If they failed to stick to these routines they would be punished
  

7 Towns, Presidios, and Missions, Oh My!

• ​A Towns in Spanish Texas usually developed near missions and Presidios
• ​B Missions and Presidios were often built near rivers

3 Parts of Mission

• ​A Church - Daily prayers and mass
  
• B Convento - Homes of priests and monks, very small and simple as they had few possessions
  
• C Soldiers Barracks - Homes for soldiers and their families
• D Cemetery - dead buried here
  
• E Garden - Grow food for mission and presidio​

1 Spain Claims Texas

• ​A Spain Establishes Missions and Presidios across Texas to prevent the French from claiming the land
• B Spain made a big move when they built a huge presidio on the site of LaSalle's Fort St. Louis
• ​C Alonso de Leon builds that presidio on the same site to send a message to the French
  

• F Granary - Store crops
  
• G Workshop - Build goods for mission and presidio
  
• ​H Indian Quarters - Homes of the Natives living in the mission
  

• ​B French roll up in to an East Texas mission
  

• C Not enough people there to defend it, French take it with ease​

• D While the French are loading captured chickens on to a horse the chickens freak out, causing the horse to freak out, and sending the French leader crashing to the ground
  

• D Missions adapted to the environment of Texas by farming the land and storing grains
• E East Texas Missions were made from the trees of the East Texas Forests
  
• F Missions also ran cattle ranching operations especially in South Texas, this was the most economically important industry to MIssions 
  
• G A vaquero is a Spanish cowboy or ranch hand who worked on Spanish cattle ranches
  

What message do you think Spain was trying to send to France?