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