Texas is a thriving state, but it wasn’t always that way. When Texas was just a Spanish colony, it almost failed. Spain had established a few forts in Texas and had sent explorations to claim land all over Texas. In the year 1682, French explorer named Rene-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle established Fort St. Louis in east Texas and that made Spain nervous. In response to this fort, Spain made a plan to scare off the French.(Background Essay) Spain would establish missions, or places to convert natives, around the native settlements and make the natives into good Christians and Spanish citizens.(Background Essay) Spanish soldiers would then build presidios, or fortified military settlements around the missions to protect them. Settlers would move in around the presidios and make the settlement large and strong. The problem with this plan was three things, Texas’ hostile natives, small population, and geography, All of these problems would have been solved if Spain had found a better place to settle.
Texas’s population was to small to have a good, strong settlements. The only mission and …show more content…
The shallow water in the Gulf of Mexico around Texas made travel to Texas almost impossible by water.(Doc A) Also, the settlements in Texas were extremely far from Mexico City, one of the closest was San Antonio which was eight hundred eighty miles from Mexico City.(Doc A) The eastern Texas missions were much farther than San Antonio, making them very hard to get to over land.(Doc A) This distance between the settlements and Mexico City resulted in several failed missions and settlements because the missions were so far away from large cities where traders could get supplies and food to bring back to the missions.(Doc A) The Texas Triangle in south Texas was an area of desert and no rivers that obstructed travel to Texas further.(Doc A) The geography of Texas resulted in few people moving to Texas, which made Texas almost
Texas’s population was to small to have a good, strong settlements. The only mission and …show more content…
The shallow water in the Gulf of Mexico around Texas made travel to Texas almost impossible by water.(Doc A) Also, the settlements in Texas were extremely far from Mexico City, one of the closest was San Antonio which was eight hundred eighty miles from Mexico City.(Doc A) The eastern Texas missions were much farther than San Antonio, making them very hard to get to over land.(Doc A) This distance between the settlements and Mexico City resulted in several failed missions and settlements because the missions were so far away from large cities where traders could get supplies and food to bring back to the missions.(Doc A) The Texas Triangle in south Texas was an area of desert and no rivers that obstructed travel to Texas further.(Doc A) The geography of Texas resulted in few people moving to Texas, which made Texas almost