1. INTRODUCTION TO UNIT 3 SPANISH COLONIAL ERA
Spanish Colonization & Missions: Log in to Discovery Streaming 1st and minimize bottom of display screen

2. Map of Mexico in 1777
What do you see that you recognize from a Texas map today?
What do you see that looks different?
List some words or names that you recognize?
List some words or names that you do NOT recognize.

4. Corpus Christi De La Isleta
Started in1682
Friars/ Priest established it
Near El Paso
It is the 1st permanent European (Spanish) settlement
Near the Rio Grande River

5. San Francisco de Los Tejas
Started in1690
Father Damian Massanet established it
In East Texas
It is near the Neches River
Built because the Caddo Indians already believed in God.

6. Presidio San Antonio de Bexar
San Antonio de Valero &
Presidio San Antonio de Bexar
Started in1718
Father Antonio de San Buena Ventura y Olivares established it
In San Antonio
It was a half way point base for trade between missions and New Spain
Reduced the need to trade with the French.

7. Missionaries wanted to convert the Apaches to Christians
Santa Cruz de San Saba
Started in1757
Missionaries established it
In central Texas
Apaches wanted the mission to help protect them from the Comanches
Missionaries wanted to convert the Apaches to Christians

8.
C.C. de Ilseta Ft. Saint Louis S.F. de los Tejas S.A. de Valero Mission S.C. de San Saba
Mission (French) Mission & S.A. de Bexar Presidio Mission

9. LOCATION: The French were in Louisiana
Why Spain Selected San Antonio as the Location for the Alamo
(San Antonio de Valero Mission)
DISTANCE: San Antonio is half way between New Spain and the missions (Corpus Christi de Ysleta in west Texas: El Paso and San Francisco de Los Tejas in east Texas)
RESOURCES: San Antonio has plenty building material- stone and timber (wood)   
LOCATION: The French were in Louisiana

10. Why the Missions Failed
Native Americans didn’t want to convert to Catholics
The Plains tribes resented the missionaries for intruding on Native American hunting grounds
The missions were isolated and they lacked the supplies or people needed to survive.