Chapter 6 Test Study Guide
KNOW THESE TERMS –
Aguayo Expedition: mission led by the governor of Coahuila to reoccupy the missions in East
Texas after the Chicken War
alcade: official who served as mayor, sheriff, and judge in Spanish settlements in Texas
Ayuntamiento: governing council of a Spanish settlement in Texas
Chicken War: expansion of an ongoing conflict between France and Spain in Texas
El Camino Real: "Royal Road" that led from East Texas missions to Mexico City
Father Hidalgo: priest who wanted to build missions in East Texas
Fort St. Louis: settlement built by members of the La Salle expedition
La Bahia: mission and presidio built by Aguayo near Matagorda Bay
presidios: military bases in Spanish colonial America
Pueblo Revolt: forced settlers out of New Mexico
revolt: revolution
San Antonio de Valero: mission built on the San Antonio River
San Francisco de los Tejas: mission built by the Spanish in East Texas that ended in failure
Tejas: name used for Hasinai Indians
vaqueros: cowboys
KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS
East Texas became important to the Spanish after which country started to explore the area?
France
The best missions in Texas were built where?
San Antonio
Were presidio soldiers paid very much?
Chapter 6 Test Study Guide
No, even though they had very risky jobs, they were paid very low wages
What did the missionaries eat every day in the mission?
Thin cereal
What the economy of the missions?
Mostly farming & ranching
What tribe did the settlers at Fort St. Louis fight against?
Karankawa
What city had the first civil organized government in Texas?
San Antonio
What were the three European countries exploring in North America?
England, Spain & France
Where did the Spanish flee to after they burnt down San Francisco de los Tejas?
Mexico
Where was La Salle going to build his colony?
Where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico
Who was San Fernando de Bexar built for?
The people of the Canary Islands
Who owned the ranchos?
Some were owned by the missions & some were owned by civilians
Why did the Pueblo Revolt occur?
Why was La Salle's colony a secret?
France knew that it would anger Spain that they were building a colony so close to Texas
(Spanish territory)
Why was the mission at La Bahia built?
Convert the Karankawa Indians to Christianity