Using A CHART to compare Spanish, French, and English Colonization

NEW WORLD COLONIZATION Land = Resources = Wealth = Power CHART INSTRUCTIONS NEW WORLD COLONIZATION Land = Resources = Wealth = Power You will label each column with information for the three European nations we have been discussing. 1. Spain, 2. England, 3. France For each nation list the following categories and include a picture for each category on the back of the page Colonization Method: what type of settlements did they build RESOURCE: this is what will gain them wealth GOAL: what are they trying to accomplish IMPORTANT PEOPLE: significant people during this time period

The primary tool for Spanish Colonization: Missions 3 Gs name them SPAIN The primary tool for Spanish Colonization: Missions 3 Gs name them Resource=Gold Goal: Spread the Gospel (Catholic Faith) Draw a small Spanish mission representing the influence of Spanish architecture that starts to dot Texas Geography The Spanish shipped tons of Gold between the Americas back to Spain via

After England threatens Spanish claim on North America, Spain sends Onate to develop a capitol closer to the headwaters of the Rio Grande-Santa Fe, New Mexico

ENGLAND DOMINATION The English colonize primarily through families-type of settlements: fishing villages, cottage industry and small farms, and in the south- plantations Resource: Land (Southern colonies’ cash crop-Tobacco) Goal: Religious Freedom and wealth for Mother Country People: Sir Francis Drake, John Smith Draw a picture of a tobacco plantation

TOBACCO PLANTATION

DRAW A PIRATE’S FLAG ON THE LINE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND SPAIN TO SHOW ENGLAND LOOTING GOLD FROM SPAIN!

THE FRENCH COME TO TEXAS 1680 The French come to the New World: Resource: furs Settlements: trading posts and forts Goal: To find a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean (waterways are their main transportation) Looking for the mouth of the MS River, La Salle is blown off course to Texas Founded Ft. St. Louis near Matagorda Bay Draw a picture of Frenchmen in a canoe w/furs on a river ( see the next two pictures)

FRENCH & NATIVE INTERACTION

FRENCH PICTURE

British Colonial

NAMES OF MEN IMPORTANT TO THE COLONIZATION OF TEXAS The French in Louisiana and in Texas pose a threat to Spanish land claims Spain’s goal was to convert the natives to Christianity Spain agrees to build a mission to convert Caddo Indians on Father Massanet’s request. Many Natives did not want to change their lifestyles/religion. Why do you think early colonizers made a favorable report about E. Texas? Spain expected that the Caddoes friendliness and trade network would spread Catholicism

NAMES IMPORTANT TO COLONIZATION OF TEXAS The mission San Francisco de los Tejas is established Close to present day Nacogdoches. Nacogdoches in Texas and Natchitoches in Louisiana are on the same parallel. Spanish Priests rely on French leadership to help because Spain (headquartered in Mexico City) refuses him help read the Texas tidbit on pg 122.

How does Spain influence the culture of Texas? SPANISH COLONIZATION Margil de Jesus is priest among the Ramon expedition that establishes Los Adaes as an eastern outpost to keep watch over French Louisiana “eyes and ears of Texas” 1718 San Antonio is established as a mid-point settlement between the Rio Grande and the Sabine Rivers at San Antonio River. How does Spain influence the culture of Texas?

PLANTATION