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20 Cards in this Set
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Cabeza de Vaca
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Explorer who lived with the Karankawas and was known as a trader and healer among this tribe
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Cibola
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The Seven Cities of Gold
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Coronado
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Explorer who traveled to present day New Mexico and was the first European to see the Grand Canyon
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Cortes
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Conquered the Aztecs in Mexico City
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De Soto
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Explorer who led an expedition that was the first major exploration of the interior of Texas
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Estevanico
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African who lived with the Karankawas and served as an interpreter
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La Salle
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French explorer who established Fort St. Louis
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Mission
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Spanish religious settlement used to convert Natives to Catholicism
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Missionaries
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One who is sent to do religious or charitable work in a foreign country
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Moscoso
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Took over de Soto's expedition and explored the interior of Texas
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Narvaez
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Explorer who built a raft to sail from Florida to Texas and was drowned at sea by a hurricane
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Onate
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Started the first permanent settlement in Santa Fe
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Pineda
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Explorere who created a map of the coastline of Texas in 1519
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Viceroy
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Governor of a colony who rules in the name of a king
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Columbus
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Set sail from Spain in 1492 in search of Asia and reached the Caribbean Islands. He made 3 additional voyages to the Americas.
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In what year was San Antonio de Valerio established?
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1718
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What was the significance of Columbus' voyages?
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It opened the pathway from the Old World to the New World.
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List the reasons France established colonies in North America.
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Seize silver mines
checkpoint to monitor Spanish activity spread religion to the Natives control trade in the Gulf control trade in the interior of North America |
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List the reasons that Spanish missions failed.
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Drought, disease killing natives, and the natives did not want to give up their way of life.
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Write a brief summary of the chicken war.
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France and Spain go to war. Lt. Phillipe Blondel loots a nearby Spanish mission. His horse is spooked and the Spanish priest escaped. The Spaniard retreat from East Texas after the priest exaggerates the incident. Spain is humiliated.
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