Transcript Spanish Missions in Texas Notes PPT

Spanish
Missions
in
Texas
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Vocabulary
• Mission- Religious communities established by
Spanish Catholics to convert Indians.
• Presidio- military outpost (fort).
• Friar- Member of a religious community of men
living vows to maintain a life devoted to serving
God.
• Priest- Ordained minister of a church (ex: a
Catholic minister/ ‘Father’).
• Catholic- Only accepted religion for the
Spanish during the exploration and colonization
periods.
Mission
Religious
communities
established by
Spanish Catholics to
convert the Indians.
Catholic
Only accepted religion for the Spanish
during the exploration and colonizing
periods.
Priest- Ordained minister of
a church (ex: Catholic minister/
‘Father’).
FriarMember of a
religious
community
of men living
under vows
to maintain a
life devoted
to God.
Presidio- military base (fort)
Population
1,400,000 +
Coastal Plains
“The best site in
the world, with
good & abundant
irrigation water,
rich lands for
pasture, plentiful
building stone, and
excellent timber.”
• San Antonio (est. 1718)
• The city was named
for St. Anthony,
whose feast day is on
June 13, when a
Spanish expedition
stopped in the area.
1718
Fort St. Louis
• La Salle explored the
Mississippi River
• First French
settlement built in
Texas 1685-1688
1519
Pineda maps
Gulf Coast
(Claims
area)
1682
1685
1st Spanish French
(La Salle)
mission
make
built in
claim to
West Texas: Texas
Yselta
1690
1st
Spanish
Mission
built in
E. Texas:
San Francisco
de los Tejas
CAUSE
French built
Ft. St. Louis to
establish
France’s claim
to Texas
EFFECT
Spanish build missions
to protect area from the
French & bring Catholic
religion & Spanish culture
to the Indians
A few important Spanish
Missions in Texas
•Ysleta (Corpus Christi de la Ysleta)
•San Francisco de los Tejas
•San Antonio de Valero
•La Bahia
Corpus Christi de la Isleta
(Ysleta)
 1st
Mission built in West Texas
(1682); Built for the Tigua Indians
near present day El Paso
• 1st Mission in East Texas; Built for Tejas Indians
(1690) by Fray (Father) Damian Massanet and
Alonso de Leon, a Spanish governor.
San Francisco de los Tejas
San Antonio de Valero
• Governor of Texas
• Founder of San Antonio in 1718
• Helped build San Antonio de
Valero
La Bahia
Presidio & mission near Goliad.
(This becomes the site of the Goliad massacre where
James Fannin & his troops are executed by Mexican
forces.)
SPANISH INFLUENCE IN TX
• Architecture
• Art
• Food
• Language
• Music
• Vocabulary
• Place Names
• Celebrations/Activities
SPANISH INFLUENCE IN TX
•Language
• Place Names
San Jacinto
Amarillo
El Paso
SPANISH INFLUENCE
Celebrations/Activities
SPANISH INFLUENCE
• Architecture
WOODEN
CEILING
BEAMS
SPANISH INFLUENCE
• Vocabulary
RODEO
VAQUERO
RANCHO
Why Spanish Missions Failed
• Many Indians were not interested in
changing their ways….disease too
• Lack of money from Spain.
Antonio Margil de Jesus
• Spanish Franciscan priest
• Founded several missions in East Texas.
-Nuestra Senora de los Dolores
-San Miguel de los Adaes
Franciscans- Friars;
people who adhere to the
teachings of St. Francis of
Assisi. Also applies to
members who adhere to
the Roman Catholic
Church.
Antonio Margil de Jesus
• Moved to San Antonio & founded San Jose y
San Miguel de Aguayo.
• Most successful missionary
Jose de Escandon
• Military commander for Spain.
• Governor of Nuevo Santander.
Jose de Escandon
• Led Spain’s expansion efforts in South Texas.
• Founded over 20 towns & missions along the
Rio Grande.
• Known as the “Father of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley”
Fray Damian Massanet
• Convinced the Viceroy of New Spain to
colonize East Texas & try to convert the
Caddoes to Catholicism.
• 1690 sent with Alonso De Leon, other priest &
soldiers to build a mission.
Fray Damian Massanet
• Helped build San Francisco de los Tejas.
• Immediate results- many missions established
• Lasting result- all missions he established failed.
San Francisco de los Tejas
Father Francisco Hidalgo
• Priest at the Mission San Francisco de los
Tejas.
San Francisco de los Tejas
Father
Francisco
Hidalgo
Francisco
Hidalgo
• Tried to work with French priest to provide
religious services to the local natives when
Spanish priests weren’t available.
• Caused the Spanish to be suspicious of
possible French colonization.
More to come later…