1. Life in Spanish TX Key Missions, Presidios, and Civil Settlements

2. Missions 0 MISSIONS-religious center 0 taught Native Americans the Spanish way of life 0 Native Americans taught Christianity, cooking, farming, weaving, carpentry, blacksmithing 0 food was plentiful-meat and milk-cattle, sheep, goats; corn, beans, cantaloupes, cucumbers, watermelon, chiles, peaches, pimento, sweet potatoes 0 Problems-Native Americans refused to stay, did not want to be farmers, did not want to leave their way of life behind 0 Crops watered through irrigation, not with mission well

3. Presidio 0 PRESIDIO-military outpost 0 protected mission and civil settlement 0 brought families with them to live 0 Problems-difficult living conditions, dangerous work, poorly equipped

4. Civil Settlement 0 CIVIL SETTLEMENT-city/town/settlement on the frontier 0 San Antonio was largest and the capital 0 people in San Antonio had some voice in government- elected city council and chief official 0 Maria Betancour-owned 26 acres, had her own brand 0 Problems-life was difficult, Native American raids, little voice in govt.