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Jan 1, 1482
Age of Exploration Begins
Europeans Wanted Land, Money and Resources
Religious stuff came after. Columbus was looking Asia. In 1482 Where where most explorers from
Spain France England Conquestidor is a Spanish conceror Cortez tore down tectonlition -
Jan 1, 1519
Pinedas maps texas coast
Describe Pineda’s route and accomplishments: he sailed west through the Florida keys and hugged the gulf. -
Jan 1, 1527
Cabeza De Vaca shipwrecks
Which Native tribe captures Cabeza de Vaca? The Aztec Indians
What killed many Natives and explorers during the Age of Contact? Disease from explorers -
Coronado sets out for Cibola
What is Cibola? One of the Seven Cities of Gold, the Spanish legend that Coronado took to Hawikuh. Why did Coronado think Cibola was in Texas The friar thought it was in Mexico but is was not so he moved to Texas to search. They never found cibola. They found an Adobe house -
La Salle Lands in Texas
Which country began challenging Spain for Texas, France. He discovered the missippi river -
Fort St. Louis founded
It is in Texas. La salle founded ft saint Louis. Native American attacks, and they built it over ruins. He got shot by a musket. -
Mission San Francisco founded
What is the purpose of a mission, to convert Indians to Spanish citizens Friars led the missions. Spain started the missions. Catholic religoun. The Indians where not obeying and fighting back. Churches supported the missions -
Marques de Rubi Inspects Texas
His purpose is to inspect the mission. He was sent by the king. He suggested to put more presisdeos and abondond the missions -
Lousiana purchase
It means that the United states wants to start their own country and Spain does not know about it yet. -
Philip Nolan expedition
A fillibuster is a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country. 1. James Long. 2. Farther Hildago
Jean Laffett was a Spanish American pirate -
Moses Austin Asks Permission for Colony
They wanted to grow as a country and occupy the space. He died -
Stephen F. Austin Establishes His Colony
: one who before Texas became part of the U.S. entered into a contract with the Spanish or Mexican government to settle a certain number of families in Texas in exchange for sizable grants of land-Webster Definition. He created a colony in Texas. They made SFA -
Convention of 1833
A political gathering of settlers in mexican Texas