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Jan 1, 1519
Cortez defeats Aztecs and Pineda maps Texas Coast
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Period: Jan 1, 1519 to
Spanish Exploration and Colonization of Texas
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Jan 1, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked, begins exploration of Texas
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First Spanish mission established near prensent-day San Angelo
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French Explorers visited the Mississipi Valley and made contact with the Natives
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Spanish flee form New Mexixo (because of threats from the French); begin the El Paso missions
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Spanish government sent an expedition in 1690 toestablish a presidio and mission among the Hasinai [Caddo] of the east Texas Piney Woods. The missions failed by 1693 because of the and epidemic that theHasinai shaman blamed on the Franciscan missionaries.
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Most missions in East Texas Failed
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The Spanish abandoned the Texas missions.
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The San Antonio de Valero mission founded (the Alamo)
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In 1718, the Franciscans added a mission at San Antonio, halfway between the east Texas missions and the Rio Grande River.
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Started building San Jose y San MIguel de Aguayo mission, completed in 1780
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San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo,established in 1720.
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Espiritu Santo mission established in 1722and moved to its current location in 1749.
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San Juan Capistrano, moved to the SanAntonio area from east Texas in 1731.
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The church of San Francisco de laEspada, moved to San Antonio from east Texas in 1731.
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La Purisima Concepcion moved to the SanAntonio area from east Texas in 1731.Church completed in the 1750s.
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Ruins of Rosario mission, established in 1754 and abandoned in 1807.
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In 1758, a large force of hostile Indians destroyed San Saba mission, themission established for the Apaches.
