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Tx exam 1
Ch 2 - Spanish Invasion of Texas
Question | Answer |
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Álvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca | FL= bad indians -> Lived among the natives in tx cities of gold legend ...member captured native tribe later |
Marcos de Niza | first expedition to find the cities of gold --scouts were killed. Came back to Mexico City and falsely claimed seeing the cities of gold. |
Esteván | 1st african named Niza's primary guide on the expedition to find the seven cities of gold, Was killed by Zuni Indians when scouting |
Francisco de Coronando | Captured cities grand canyon no gold...thx El Turco.. slave liar gave tx bad report |
Sieur de la Salle | claimed mississippi Galveston &Corpis CHristi Fort St. Lewis..sp and indians destroyed it Killed by own men |
Father Massenet and San Francisco de los Tejas | 1st mission caddo welcomed -> converted -> sickness -> rape -> D:< |
Louis Juchereau de St. Denis | fr. trading post w/sp constructed san antonio |
Establishment of San Antonio | *town *presido *4 mission |
Establishment of la Bahía | -coastal -second attempt at settling in TX to protect the coast -only small tribes converted |
Peninsulare | 100 %Spanish upper class (gov $$) |
Creole | Sp. born in Colonies locked out of top position (even ppl w/$$) |
Mestizo | mixed European and Native |
Ranching in Sp. Texas | most important $$ -land grants from king -drove live stock south |
Father Miguel Hidalgo and Augustín de Iturbide | -priest evaded arrest (from voltaire ideas) -> rally ppl w/bells Iturbide brought back peace -> instead of taking the priest he marches and takes mx independance |
Gutierrez-Magee Expedition | 'dictatorship' ..joint mx intellect (Gutierrez) & usa officer (Magee) ---"Republican Army of the North" |
James Long | -declared tx independent -annexed Galveston -taken prisoner by mx |