1. Spanish Missions in
Texas

2. Vocabulary
Mission- Religious communities established by Spanish Catholics to convert Indians.
Presidio- military outpost (fort).
Friar- Member of a religious community of men living vows to maintain a life devoted to serving God.
Priest- Ordained minister of a church (ex: a Catholic minister/ ‘Father’).
Catholic- Only accepted religion for the Spanish during the exploration and colonization periods.

3. Religious communities established by Spanish Catholics to convert the Indians.
Mission

4. Catholic
Only accepted religion for the Spanish during the exploration and colonizing periods.

5. Priest- Ordained minister of a church (ex: Catholic minister/ ‘Father’).

6. Friar- Member of a religious community of men living under vows to maintain a life devoted to God.

7. Presidio- military base (fort).

9. Riverwalk
Downtown
Population
1,400,000 +
Coastal Plains

10. Alamodome

11. but back in the 1718

12. Martin de Alarcon
“The best site in the world, with good & abundant irrigation water, rich lands for pasture, plentiful building stone, and excellent timber.”

13. Saint Anthony San Antonio (est. 1718)
The city was named for St. Anthony, whose feast day is on June 13, when a Spanish expedition stopped in the area.

14. San Antonio de Valero ‘Alamo’
1718
1803: * La Segunda Compania Volante de San Carlos de Parras (Alamo de Parras), a company of one hundred Spanish Colonial mounted lancers, arrives in San Antonio to bolster the local garrison and provide increased protection from Indians, reduce theft of livestock, and curtail smuggling. The Alamo de Parras company, who were originally from the Coahuilan pueblo of San Jose y Santiago del Alamo de Parras, stayed in San Antonio for 32 years, and gave their name to the former Mission de Valero - the Alamo - where they resided with their families. Many later settled in the area of San Antonio now known as La Villita.

15. San Jose
1720

16. San Juan
1731

17. Concepcion
1731

18. Espada
1731

20. How &
why it all
got started

21. European Expansion in North America
Reason:
European Expansion in North America

22. Fort St. Louis La Salle explored the Mississippi River
First French settlement built in Texas

23. 1519 1682 1685 1690 1st Spanish mission built in W. Texas
French make claim to Texas
1st Spanish Mission built in
E. Texas
Pineda maps Gulf Coast (Claim area)

24. French built Ft. St. Louis to establish France’s claim to Texas
CAUSE
EFFECT
French built Ft. St. Louis to establish France’s claim to Texas
Spanish build missions to protect area from the French & bring Catholic religion & Spanish culture to the Indians

26. @ 30
Missions in Texas

27. A few important Spanish Missions in Texas
Ysleta (Corpus Christi de la Isleta)
San Francisco de los Tejas
San Antonio de Valero
La Bahia

28. Corpus Christi de la Isleta (Ysleta)
1st Mission built in West Texas (1682); Built for the Tigua Indians near present day El Paso

29. San Francisco de los Tejas
1st Mission in East Texas; Built for Tejas Indians (1690) by Father Damian Massanet and Alonso de Leon, a Spanish governor.
San Francisco de los Tejas

30. San Antonio de Valero Governor of Texas Founder of San Antonio in 1718
Helped build San Antonio de Valero

31. La Bahia
Presidio & mission near Goliad.
(This becomes the site of the Goliad massacre where James Fannin & his troops are executed by Mexican forces.)

32. Antonio Margil de Jesus
Established missions in East Texas by bringing families & introducing a large amount of livestock to Texas.
Francisco Hidalgo Worked with the Tejas Indians & wanted to go back & build many more missions in East Texas.
Jose de Escondon
Early Spanish colonizer who built towns & missions & is known as the “Father of the lower Rio Grande Valley”

33. SPANISH INFLUENCE IN TX
Architecture
Art
Food
Language
Music
Vocabulary
Place Names
Celebrations/Activities

34. SPANISH INFLUENCE IN TX
Language
mosquito
lasso
pancho
Place Names
Uvalde
San Jacinto
Matagorda Bay
Amarillo
Corpus Christi
El Paso

35. SPANISH INFLUENCE
Celebrations/Activities

36. SPANISH INFLUENCE Architecture ARCHWAYS WOODEN CEILING BEAMS Spanish
Tile
TILE FLOORS
ARCHWAYS

37. SPANISH INFLUENCE
Vocabulary
VAQUERO
RODEO
RANCHO

39. Why Spanish Missions Failed
Many Indians were not interested in changing their ways.
Lack of money from Spain.