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Began European expleration to the Americas
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Mapped the texas coast line
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Traveled Texas for 7 years and wrote a book about his travels
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Searched for the 7 cities of gold, but found nothing
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Found petroleum in East Texas
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Claimed the Rio Grande Valley for Spain
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Shortly after the mission was built, 21 spanish families moved to the area to meat the spiritual needs of the Tigua people.
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Built Fort St. Louis on Matagorda Bay.
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Spain had learned that La Salle had been in the area and built Fort St. Louis. They feared that even though La Salle’s settlement had failed, France would send another group of settlers to try again. Mission San Francisco de los Tejas was built among the Atakapan people who were more interested in stealing horses than going to church.
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the mission was completely destroyed by flooding from the Neches River.
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After a rough beginning and several moves, the mission was permanently moved to San Antonio in 1731, becoming the third in a chain of five missions established along the San Antonio River. From the beginning the priests at Mission Concepcion tried to replace Indian ceremonies with religious festivals that taught the Indians about Christianity.
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A few years later, when they established the town of Nacogdoches, settlers used the empty buildings.
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The mission became known as The Alamo, and after the epic battle against Santa Anna in 1836.
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The mission had a difficult beginning, but soon the 300 Indians who lived there became successful farmers and ranchers. The Indians helped dig 15 miles of irrigation ditches to bring water to the farms of the five San Antonio missions. Mission San Jose was so successful, it became known as “Queen of the Missions”
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The mission was built to serve the Karankawa indians and to reinforce the Spanish presence in the area to help keep the French out of Texas.
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Within a few years, San Juan became a successful mission with rich farmland, orchards, and gardens. By 1762, the Indians living in the mission village were raising more than 3,000 head of sheep and cattle. They were growing enough pumpkins, grapes, and peppers to supply other communities with fresh vegetables.
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The mission was renamed and move to the San Antonio area in 1731, becoming the fifth mission in the chain of missions along the San Antonio River. Indians at Mission Espada were taught masonry and carpentry by Spanish craftsmen. These skills helped the Indians survive in Texas long after the missions were closed. Mission Espada is located due South of Mission San Juan.
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Conflict with the local garrison commander led to relocation of the missions to a site on the San Marcos River in 1755. The missions closed the following year.
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It was attacked and destroyed in a revolt by Indians less than a year later.
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It was abandoned in 1830. Later, Irish immigrants to the area named their settlement after the mission.