Age of Contact – European Exploration Spain France Explorer Goal Legacy Cortes explore the new world and find gold defeated AZTECS Pineda (1519) find a new water route to Asia created the first MAP of TX coastline Cabeza de Vaca explore land north of Rio Grande lived among NAs; wrote a BOOK Coronado search for 7 CITIES OF CIBOLA (GOLD) TX Panhandle La Salle set up trading post at mouth of river set up FRENCH settlement in TX; killed by mutiny

  Missions Review S A M E Goal of the mission Who lived there? Remembered for… Success or Failure? Ysleta West Texas   East Texas (Tejas) Missions San Antonio Missions Outcome of the mission system: Once Mexico declared its independence from Spain, they closed the mission systems because they were mostly unsuccessful Secure Texas for Spain & convert the Natives First Mission in Texas Priest Soldiers Puebloan People Native Attacks French attacks Far away from supplies and help Priest Soldiers S A M E Southeastern People Priest Soldiers Cooperative Natives Closer to supplies and help Coahuiltecan People

Father Francisco Hidalgo builds San Juan Bautista. Place the number of the following on the map closest to where they were. Caddo Coahuiltecan Tigua French Settlement Mexico San Antonio Missions Tejas Missions Ysleta Rio Grande Gulf of Mexico 1690 – Father Damian Massanet set up the first mission in East Texas called San Francisco de los Tejas. 1 3 7 4 8 2 9 6 Father Francisco Hidalgo builds San Juan Bautista. 10 Jose de Escandon founded Laredo and 20 other settlements near the Rio Grande. 5