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4.  members of a Catholic religious order  entered Texas to establish religious settlements called missions  attempted to introduce the mission system into widely scattered areas of Texas between 1682 and 1793 with greatly varying results  spread Christian belief (Catholic religion) among local Native Americans and certain aspects of the Hispanic culture

5.  Lived in presidios  Duties: Protecting the mission and nearby settlements Maintaining control over the Native Americans in the missions Scouting the countryside for intruders

6. Mission Spread Christianity to the Native Americans Spain's way of colonizing Settlement Towns occupied by Native Americans Presidios protected the missions and guarded the land around to be sure there weren't any invasions

7. Livestock, Fruits, Vegetables Industry into the Texas region often missions were the first Spanish settlement in an area added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier land there were 26 missions maintained for different lengths of time within the future boundaries of the state

8. - Large common area Native American Garden Where food is stored Missions always built close to a river if possible

10.  Every day started with prayer  Breakfast  Children attend school (including classes in religion)  Women wove cloth, molded pottery, and cooked  Men worked in the fields, learned carpentry, or blacksmithing  Supper  Religion classes for the adults  Prayers

11.  Mission of Corpus Christi de la Ysleta  founded near El Paso by Spanish friars in 1682 when a country has territory somewhere other then their country the area is called a province (one district of a country)

12. Spanish officials learned of La Salle's fort in Texas soon after it was built. They immediately sent troops to destroy it. An expedition led by Alonso de León governor of Coahuila, He reached the site on April 22, 1689, only to find the fort deserted and in ruins.

13. De León then led his troops northeast. Near the Colorado River, they met a large group of Hasinai people, whom they called the Tejas, a word meaning "friend." Angelina, a Hasinai woman, served as guide and interpreter. Father Damián Massanet, a Catholic church official on the expedition, promised he would come back.

14. The viceroy agreed, and in the spring of 1690 Father Massanet, three other friars, and about 100 soldiers set out for East Texas. The first Spanish mission in East Texas 1690. It was a crude log building and contained only a few simple furnishings. Named San Francisco de los Tejas

15.  Were a direct response to the fear of French intrusion  when the remains of La Salle’s fort St. Louis was discovered near Matagorda Bay in 1689  set up to ward off French settlements because Spain looked to secure East Texas  over next several decades Spain continue to build: missions military outposts (presidios) towns in East Texas  Father Damián Massanet dedicated the first Spanish mission in East Texas in 1690 naming it San Francisco de los Tejas The Spanish began to call this area Tejas which the Anglos later changed to Texas

17. Drought ruined the Tejas's crops Disease killed many of the Native Americans and one of the friars. The Tejas rejected the Catholic religion and resented the Spaniards' attempts to change the way they lived. Mission Abandoned!

18. Military commander and governor of Nuevo Santander He is known as the colonizer and first governor of the colony of Nuevo SantanderNuevo Santander He founded over twenty towns or villas and a number of missions in the colony He is called the "father" of the lower Rio Grande Valley

19. Sent settlers, soldiers and priests to settle the lands between the Rio Grande and Nueces River establishing missions, presidios and settlements Moved La Bahia mission and presidio from the Guadalupe River to the present day site of Goliad

21.  across the San Antonio river  founded by Father Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares  the mission chapel, which was built a few years later, is known as the Alamo  today this area is the city of San Antonio

23. Spanish Franciscan Priest Founded several missions in East Texas Nuestra Senora de los Dolores San Miguel de los Adaes Moved from East Texas to San Antonio Margil founded at San Antonio the most successful of all Texas missions, San José y San Miguel de Aguayo.San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Margil is one of the most famous missionaries to serve in Texas

24.  after war broke out between France and Spain in 1719 the Spanish set up a large presidio in Louisiana Los Adaes became the capital of Texas for almost 50 years

25. Founded the mission San Juan Bautista Wanted to expand missions beyond the Rio Grande His efforts led to the permanent European occupation of Texas in 1716. Caused Spanish to be suspicious of French colonization

26.  built by the Spanish west of the Rio Grande River near the present day town of Eagle Pass  was strategically located near a series of crossings that provided access to Texas  grew into a complex of three missions, a presidio, and a town  earned the title of the “Mother of Texas Missions” was the base for many expeditions whose aims were to establish missions in East Texas provided grain, cattle, and horses to the missionaries on these expeditions Mission San Juan Bautista

27.  Spanish  paid enough attention to Indian tribe traditions and customs  introduced new industrialization technique to improve Indian agriculture  determined to assimilate Indians and to transfer Spanish civilization to improve the Indian’s daily lives  established sufficient Catholic schools for both Spanish and Indians  French  didn’t interfere with Indian culture - allowed converted Indians follow original way of living  didn’t try to enhance quality of life or transfer French modernization to them  let converted Indians live outside forts, follow own way of live, and allow them enter the palisade in times of danger  did better in educating their own settlers – didn’t develop enough Catholic schools for Indians because they didn’t gain enough trust from Indians nor transmitted their France civilization, industrialization, and modernization to them

28.  in the late 1770s the most important factor that caused the Spanish mission system to fail was the refusal of the Indians to accept the Spanish way of life.  weaker Indian groups who had been more ready as mission recruits declined steadily in numbers due to: high infant mortality rates European introduced epidemics continued hostile pressure from other Indians demoralization (t o undermine the confidence or morale) assimilation ( process where a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture) into either other Indian groups or Spanish society