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Spanish Mission System

Spanish Mission System. The Spanish Settle the Frontier. By the 1600s, other European countries had claims in the Americas. Spain wanted to make sure their land was protected. They established missions and presidios in Texas.

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Spanish Mission System

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  1. Spanish Mission System

  2. The Spanish Settle the Frontier • By the 1600s, other European countries had claims in the Americas. • Spain wanted to make sure their land was protected. • They established missions and presidios in Texas. • Missions were religious communities used to convert Indians to Catholicism and eventually, to develop settlements in the borderlands. • Also represented the Spanish Government.

  3. Spanish Missions • Built near rivers for a water supply. • Included Churches, dormitories, workrooms, barns, fields, and gardens. • Indians would live within the mission walls. They were taught Catholicism and how to farm. They helped build and maintain the mission. • Many Indians did not want to live in Missions, though. They were opposed to the Spanish trying to change their way of life.

  4. To protect the missions from attacks, the Spanish built Presidios near missions. • A military base. The Soldiers living there were responsible for protecting several missions in the area. • When Spanish citizens came to the area, they built their settlements near the missions and this land eventually became small towns.

  5. 1826: Corpus Christi de la Isleta • First Spanish mission in Texas, along the Rio Grande River, just east of El Paso.

  6. Missions, Continued La Bahia, Goliad Texas

  7. Spain’s First East Texas Mission • In 1690 Alonso de Leon and Father Damian Massanet , a few other priests and 100 soldiers set off to build a mission in east Texas. • They build the Mission San Francisco de los Tejas

  8. A year later the mission was in trouble. Drought had caused the crops to fail. • Disease caused the Native Texans to become hostile & they refused to work in the missions. They blamed the Spanish for their illness and droughts. • The Mission could not survive so in 1693 it was abandoned.

  9. Mission San Juan Bautista • 1699 • Built five miles from Rio Grande River • Strategically located near a series of crossings providing access to Texas. • Called “Mother of Texas Missions” because it was the base for expeditions in East Texas. • It grew into three main missions, a presidio and a town (not Eagle Pass) • Missionary Father Francisco Hildago key figure there

  10. The French Return • By 1700 the French return to Louisiana and developed trading relationship with Native Americans • In 1713 Spanish Priest Father Francisco Hidalgo asked French priests to provide churches to East Texas Natives • The French sent Louis de St. Denis to visit Father Hidalgo. Fr. Hidalgo wanted to convert Natives, and Dt. Denis wanted to profit from trade with Natives.

  11. The cooperation of Denis and Hidalgo alarmed Spanish officials. • St. Denis was arrested. He assured the Spanish that the French were not interested in occupying East Texas. • The Spanish didn’t believe him and put more resources and money into building more Missions in East Texas. • All trade between the French and Spanish was stopped.

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