1. Spanish Missions San Francisco de Los Tejas First Mission in East Texas
Fails - due to disease, crop failures, and Indians becoming hostile.
Father Hidalgo – asks French Catholic priests to come and hold services for converted Indians
St. Denis sent to East Texas and was arrested and later released
Presidios were built to protect the Missions.

2. San Francisco de Los Tejas – First Mission

3. Spain reopens six Missions in East and South Texas to regain control of Texas
Mission San Antonio de Valero (Alamo) and Presidio San Antonio de Bexar (San Antonio) were built at the halfway point between Mexico City and East Texas for supplies and military aide to East Texas
Missions begin to fall apart again – Indians could not adapt, would not work, did not want to take orders, and wanted to be free.
Chicken War – 7 French soldiers attack Mission at Nacogdoches.
Spanish panic and flee to San Antonio

4. Chicken War

5. San Antonio de Valero San Antonio de Bexar

6. San Antonio de Valero
Alamo Church

7. The Spanish reopen Missions and Presidios
Mid 1700s to regain control of Texas they resupply and reorganize their Missions and Presidios – West Texas, East Texas, South Texas
Mission at Goliad started
Eventually Missions are abandoned in West because of problems with Comanche – San Saba battle
All Missions are eventually consolidated in San Antonio ( Mission Espada, San Juan, and LaBahia) and Goliad to save money.
Spanish make peace with Comanche and war against the Apache

8. San Saba Ruins – Menard, Tx.

9. Mission San Jose

10. Mission Concepcion

11. Mission Espada

12. Mission San Juan