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Spanish Expansion
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Spain vs. France
• Texas is a buffer between Spanish Mexico and French Louisiana
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Alonzo de Leon
• Expedition to find French settlements
• Priest meets Caddos – friendliness mistaken for eagerness to convert
• Established Mission San Francisco de los Tejas
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Failure of First Mission• Crops fail due to drought• Diseases killed natives• Natives became hostile,
didn’t like mission life• French not a threat• 1st mission abandoned
after 3 years• Spanish realized need for
military support and settlement
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Father Francisco Hidalgo• Request for new mission in East Texas– Baptized natives have a church to attend
• His request was denied by New Spain govt.• Invited French priests to help Texas natives
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St.Denis• The French accepted
Father Hidalgo’s request and sent St. Denis
• Helps reopen San Fransisco de los Tejas
• Established 6 missions in East Texas and LA by 1716
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Alamo• Presidio - a military post in areas under
Spanish control• Mission San Antonio de Valero (Alamo)
& presidio San Antonio de Bexar on San Antonio River
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Chicken War• War in Europe breaks
out (French v. Spanish)• French soldiers attack
mission• Leader tied chickens to
his saddle• Falls off• Captives get away
• Spaniards retreat Alamo• All Spanish abandoned
missions
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France loses
• Spanish return to East Texas• Build new missions and presidios• Spain firmly established in Texas
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East Texas Missions• Attacked by Apaches• Missions moved to San Antonio• Settlers came and established ranched in Rio
Grande valley
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Territory Grew• After French and Indian War– Spain gets French land west of Mississippi River
• Territory is too large to develop and defend• All missions in East Texas move to San Antonio