Unit Essentials

Be able to answer this following question about the Spanish colonies in

the Americas:
1) How does movement lead to cultural diffusion?
2) What were the motives for Spanish colonization and the cultural
influence of Spain on Texas?

Essential Vocabulary and Key Terms

Mission Tejano

Mestizo Colony

Presidio Friar

Viceroy Canal

Fray Damian Massanet Antonio Margil de Jesus

Francisco Hidalgo
 Spanish Colonial Era in Texas – 1690 – 1763
Essential Vocabulary

Mission -

Presidio -

Friar -

Council –

Canal -

Detachment -

Tejanos -

Mestizos -
 People and Places

Father Damian Massanet - Granted permission to found a mission in Texas (1690) -

________________

Martin de Alarcon - oversaw the work on Presidio San Antonio de Bexar, settlement became the
basis for the modern city of ____________________

Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo - governor of Coahuila and Texas, fought against the
____________________, secured Texas, built Los Adaes, La Bahia, and Goliad Missions

Antonio Margil de Jesus - ____________________ missionary, founded some of the most successful
missions in Texas (San Jose y San MIguel de Aquayo)

Father Francisco Hidalgo - a friend of the ____________________people, wanted the Spanish to

rebuild a mission in East Texas, they refused, so he asked the French

Louis St. Denis - ____________________, sent to Spanish Texas to negotiate a plan to rebuild
San Francisco de los Tejas

San Francisco de los Tejas - the first Spanish ____________________in East Texas (Failed)

San Juan Bautista - Second mission founded in Texas (1699), better location than San
Francisco de los Tejas, close to ____________________ and important crossings into Texas

Mission San Antonio de Valero - Mission attached to the Presidio at San Antonio de Bexar, the
mission chapel would become known as ____________________

Los Adaes - unofficial Spanish Capital in Texas- In present day ____________________

Mexican National Era – Background Information

Native _______________ were the first _________________of Texas

o They were mainly _______________ and _______________

o The Puebloan and Southeast Cultures did live a more _______________
lifestyle than the _______________ and Gulf Coastal ________________

The Spanish came along in the _______________

o Brought _______________, horses, disease with them

o Spanish _______________ has had a lasting impact on _______________

Missions were _______________ in Texas for several _______________

o to _______________ the natives

o Maintain and grow the Spanish _______________ in New Spain
o Missions in and around the _________________________ are the most notable

Spanish gave up control of modern day _______________ and Texas in _______________

o Rebellions against the Crown in ________________

o Attacks against the ________________ of New Spain (Filibusters - Gutierrez -
Magee Expedition)

Treaty of _______________ finally ended Spanish _______________ and Mexico

Mexican National Era – Background Information

People

Moses Austin

Stephen F. Austin
Erasmo “Juan”
Seguin
Baron de
Bastrop
Green DeWitt

Martin de Leon

Juan de Almonte

The Old 300

Governor
Antonio Martinez
Mexican National Era – Background Information

1820

Moses Austin dies, pleads with son, Stephen, to carry out the "Texas Venture"
6/10/1821 from his death bed

8/24/1821

Mexico notifies Stephen F. Austin that they will not accept or respect the
EARLY 1822 agreements approved by the former Spanish Government

5/22/1819

Austin makes trek to Mexico City, learns Spanish to communicate with Mexican
Mid 1822 government officials

Early 1823

3/19/1823 Iturbide overthrown as Emperor of Mexico

1824

State of Saltillo in Mexico passed own colonization law - Green DeWitt receives
1825 permission to settle 400 families in Texas - Austin agrees to bring 500 new
families to settle within original colony

1827
 1829 Mexico passes law ending slavery

4/6/1830

Austin and partner Sam Williams receive one final contract to settle 800
1831 additional families

1833

Juan de Almonte sent to Texas by the Mexican Government to count population of

1834 Texas Departments (Departments are similar to counties)
 Mexican National Era of Texas
Use pages 185 – 209 of the Textbook to assist you in the completion of this activity.

1) Who is the lady in the picture on pg. 185?

2) Who was she married to and what became of him?

3) Who were the Anglo Americans? (pg. 188)

4) Why did many Americans look for a new start in Texas? (pg. 189)

5) What years was Stephen F. Austin alive? (pg. 190)

6) Define reluctance: (pg. 190)

7) How many main branches are found on the Brazos River? (pg 192)

8) What is shown in the picture on pg. 193?

9) Define Empresario: (pg. 193)

10) Why did Stephen F. Austin command a Militia in 1824? (pg. 194)

11) What is the name of Chapter 8, Lesson 2? (pg. 195)

12) What happened to Mexican Emperor Agustin de Inturbide in 1823? (pg. 196)

13) Where is the Cathedral located in the picture of pg. 197?

14) What was the unofficial capital of Austin’s colony? (pg. 198)

15) What does “Prime” refer to on pg. 199?

16) What is the title of the map on pg. 200?

17) Who are the people pictured on pg. 201?

18) Who were the “Old 300”? (pg. 203)

19) What was common where the early were formed in East Texas? (pg. 205)

20) What was the population on Nacogdoches Department in 1834? (pg. 207)

21) Describe the education system in Colonial Texas. (Pg. 209)

From the information that you have gathered from the Scavenger Hunt, formulate a (5)
sentence recap of the Unit information.