Spanish Missions in Texas Vocabulary Warm Up For
Spanish Missions in Texas
Vocabulary Warm Up • For the next 2 -3 minutes, independently draw a line to match the vocabulary word on your notes
Vocabulary • Mission- Religious communities established by Spanish Catholics to convert Indians. • Presidio- military outpost (fort). • Friar- Member of a religious community of men living vows to maintain a life devoted to serving God. • Priest- Ordained minister of a church (ex: a Catholic minister/ ‘Father’). • Catholic- Only accepted religion for the Spanish during the exploration and colonization periods.
Mission Religious communities established by Spanish Catholics to convert the Indians.
Catholic Only accepted religion for the Spanish during the exploration and colonizing periods.
Priest- Ordained minister of a church (ex: Catholic minister/ ‘Father’).
Friar. Member of a religious community of men living under vows to maintain a life devoted to God.
Presidio- military base (fort)
Missions in Texas • Why do you think missions were built in Texas? Write your answer in your own words in the spaces below.
What Do You Know? • What do you know about the city of…
Population 1, 400, 000 + Coastal Plains
“The best site in the world, with good & abundant irrigation water, rich lands for pasture, plentiful building stone, and excellent timber. ”
• San Antonio (est. 1718) • The city was named for St. Anthony, whose feast day is on June 13, 13 when a Spanish expedition stopped in the area.
San Antonio de Valero 1718 ‘Alamo’
How & why it all got started
Reason: European Expansion in North America
1519 Pineda maps Gulf Coast (Claims area) 1682 1685 1 st Spanish French (La Salle) mission make built in claim to West Texas: Texas Yselta 1690 1 st Spanish Mission built in E. Texas: San Francisco de los Tejas
BACK TO THE NOTES • See CAUSE and EFFECT boxes
CAUSE French built Ft. St. Louis to establish France’s claim to Texas EFFECT Spanish build missions to protect area from the French & bring Catholic religion & Spanish culture to the Indians
A few important Spanish Missions in Texas • Ysleta (Corpus Christi de la Ysleta) • San Francisco de los Tejas • San Antonio de Valero • La Bahia
Corpus Christi de la Isleta (Ysleta) n 1 st Mission built in West Texas (1682); Built for the Tigua Indians near present day El Paso
• 1 st Mission in East Texas; Built for Tejas Indians (1690) by Fray (Father) Damian Massanet and Alonso de Leon, a Spanish governor. San Francisco de los Tejas
San Antonio de Valero • • • Governor of Texas Founder of San Antonio in 1718 Helped build San Antonio de Valero (later known as ‘the Alamo’)
La Bahia Presidio & mission near Goliad. (This becomes the site of the Goliad massacre where James Fannin & his troops are executed by Mexican forces. )
SPANISH INFLUENCE IN TX • Architecture • Art • Food • Language • Music • Vocabulary • Place Names • Celebrations/Activities
SPANISH INFLUENCE IN TX • Language o t i u o q o h s s c o s n a a m l p • Place Names San Jacinto Amarillo El Paso Uva lde Mat ago rda B ay Cor pus Chr isti
SPANISH INFLUENCE Celebrations/Activities
SPANISH INFLUENCE • Architecture h s i n a Sp Tile TILE S R O FLO WOODEN CEILING BEAMS
SPANISH INFLUENCE • Vocabulary RODEO VAQUERO RANCHO
Why Spanish Missions Failed • Many Indians were not interested in changing their ways…. disease too • Lack of money from Spain.
Important Spaniards In Texas Colonization
Antonio Margil de Jesus • Spanish Franciscan priest • Founded several missions in East Texas -Nuestra Senora de los Dolores -San Miguel de los Adaes Franciscans- Friars; people who adhere to the teachings of St. Francis of Assisi. Also applies to members who adhere to the Roman Catholic Church.
Antonio Margil de Jesus • Moved to San Antonio & founded San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo. • Most successful missionary
Jose de Escandon • Military commander for Spain. • Governor of Nuevo Santander.
Jose de Escandon • Led Spain’s expansion efforts in South Texas. • Founded over 20 towns & missions along the Rio Grande. • Known as the “Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley”
Fray Damian Massanet • Convinced the Viceroy of New Spain to colonize East Texas & try to convert the Caddoes to Catholicism. • 1690 sent with Alonso De Leon, other priest & soldiers to build a mission.
Fray Damian Massanet • Helped build San Francisco de los Tejas. • Immediate results- many missions established • Lasting result- all missions he established failed. San Francisco de los Tejas
Father Francisco Hidalgo • Priest at the Mission San Francisco de los Tejas
Father Francisco Hidalgo • Tried to work with French priest to provide religious services to the local natives when Spanish priests weren’t available. • Caused the Spanish to be suspicious of possible French colonization.
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