Spanish Settlements
Add to your Vocabulary! Columbian Exchange- Trade between The Old World and The New World. This would be controlled by Spain.
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta 1682 First permanent Spanish settlement Located near El Paso
San Francisco de los Tejas 1690 First east Texas settlement Located near Palestine Failed because of drought and disease
San Juan Bautista 1699 Near Eagle Pass Was very successful because of ranching and farming Grew into a presidio and town Known as “Mother of Missions”
Time to think! How would Texas culture had changed if the French would have seized and kept control over Texas? Think, Share and Pair
San Fernando de Bexar- (San Antonio) 1718 Half way point between Mexico and east Texas missions Camino Real Became Texas capitol in 1722
Mission San Antonio de Valero Located in San Antonio Chapel is the Alamo
Freedom Week! Bill of Rights- First 10 Amendments of the Constitution. 1st Freedom of RAPS! Religion, Assembly, Press and Speech 2nd- Right to Bear Arms 13th ,14th and 15th- Free, Citizens, Vote Gettysburg Address- Pres. Lincoln- Nov. 19,1863 19th Women's Suffrage (Aug. 18, 1920) Only 27 amendments added since 1787! Over 11,000 proposed.