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14 Cards in this Set
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What is a pueblo?
What is a presidio? What is a mission? |
pueblo - a town
presidio - place where they hold soldiers (base or lookout tower) mission - place where Indians are converted to Catholicism |
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Why did the conquistadors explore? (the 3 G's)
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Gold, Glory, God
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Cortes - when, why, where, and what?
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when? 1519
why? Gold and Glory where? Mexico what? conquered Aztecs - a powerful Indian empire |
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deVaca - when, why, where what?
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when? 1525
why? Gold and Glory where? between Florida and Mexico, Galveston Island what? leader of the expedition, de Narez, dies in the shipwreck, saved by the Karakwas and then deVaca and Estavan become shamans |
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Esteban - when, why, where, what
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when - 1539
why - to find Cibola where - Mexico, Texas, New Mexico what - Zunis kill Estban, Framarcos sees "Golden City" (pueblo town) |
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Coronado - when, why, where, what?
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when - 1540
why - looking for Cibola (Golden City) and Glory where - Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas what - found Cibola = pueblo village, told about Quivira (another Indian village) = city of riches |
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de Pineda - when, why, where and what?
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when - 1519
why - Gold and Glory and to map the new land where - coastal Texas what - found the Rio Grande |
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deSota - when, why, where, what?
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when - 1540
why - to explore the Gulf of Mexico and to find the Fountain of Youth where - Florida to Texas what - found the Mississippi River |
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Compare and contrast Spanish and French exploration in the Americas.
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French wanted fur trade, Spanish wanted 3 G's.
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What were the problems with the first missions?
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drought, starvation, disease, Indians rejected Catholicism
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Mission - San Francisco de los Tejas
Where was it? Why is it important? |
East Texas
They made friends with the Hasini people |
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Mission - Los Adaes
Where was it? Why is it important? |
near French post of Natchitoches
became the first capital of Texas and it remained the capital for 50 years |
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Mission - San Antonio de Bexar
Where was it? Why is it important? |
located on the San Antonio River
it became "the Alamo" |
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Mission - Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
Where was it? Why is it important? |
located near El Paso
it was the first mission in Texas |