CHAPTER 6
The Spanish Missions
Section 1: Spanish Settlements on
the Frontier
Section 2: The French Challenge
Section 3: The Spanish Return to Texas
Section 4: War and Expansion
Section 5: Life in Spanish Texas
SECTION 1
Spanish Settlements
on the Frontier
Question:
How did Spanish officials
try to control the
borderlands of New Spain?
SECTION 1
Spanish Settlements
on the Frontier
To control the borderlands
Mission System
Goal
Goal
Goal
Represent
Spanish government there
Convert American
Indians there to
Catholicism
Develop
settlements
there
Four types of Spanish settlements
missions, presidios, towns, ranchos
SECTION 2
The French Challenge
Question:
What effect did the La
Salle expedition have on
Spanish policy?
SECTION 2
The French Challenge
La Salle Expedition
The Spanish learn of the expedition
an begin searching for it.
De León and Father Massanet find two
French survivors.
De León and Massanet find the remains of Fort
St. Louis and meet the Tejas.
New Spanish Policy:
establish missions in East Texas to convert the
Tejas and protect the region from the French
SECTION 3
The Spanish Return to Texas
Question:
What were the different
settlements that the
Spanish established in the
San Antonio River area?
SECTION 3
The Spanish Return to Texas
San Antonio de Béxar
Settlement
Type
Year
Founder(s)
San Antonio
de Valero
mission
1718
Father Olivares;
Martín de Alarcón
San Antonio
de Béxar
presidio
1718
Father Olivares;
Martín de Alarcón
Villa de Béxar
civil
settlement
1718
Father Olivares;
Martín de Alarcón
San José y
San Miguel
de Aguayo
mission
1720
Antonio Margil de Jesús
San Fernando
de Béxar
civil
settlement
1731
Canary Islander families
SECTION 4
War and Expansion
Question:
How did the war between
France and Spain affect
Texas?
SECTION 4
War and Expansion
France and Spain at War
Chicken War (June 1719)
Spanish abandon East Texas
Aguayo Expedition
Effect
Spanish
re-occupation of
East Texas
Effect
Agreement to
separate control of
French Louisiana
and Spanish Texas
Effect
Expansion of
Spanish settlement
(Los Adaes,
La Bahía)
SECTION 5
Life in Spanish Texas
Question:
In what ways has Spanish
culture influenced presentday Texas?
SECTION 5
Life in Spanish Texas
Catholic
heritage and
missions
routes of
first Texas
roads
many
Spanish
place-names
Examples of Spanish
Influence in Texas
culture
(architecture,
art, food,
language,
music)
legal
traditions
cattle
ranching
traditions and
terms
CHAPTER 6
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. How did the Spanish attempt to change
American Indian culture?
2. How did San Antonio’s climate and
location help the settlement become
successful?
3. How did the war between France and
Spain affect Texas?