Tuesday October 31, 2007

Daily Agenda• Notes Chapter 4

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• Open your textbook to p 74.• Read Spain Reacts section• “The Spanish had learned that they would

need to pay more attention to Texas if they wanted to control it.”

• How could Spain control the land?

Ch 4 Section 1 Missions and Presidios

• What is a Mission?• What did the Spanish hope to accomplish with

the mission/presidio system?• Did any succeed/fail?

Notes continued…

• Missions – settlements in Indian territory– Started by Friars (church leaders)– Taught Indians• Christianity• Language• Customs• Farming methods• Hoped Indians would become loyal subjects of

Spain = (Behave!!!)

Notes continued…

• Mission system had worked in Mexico• Missions paid for by Spain, after farming was

successful Missions would pay for themselves.

First Missions• 1682 Corpus Christi de la Ysleta near El Paso• Tigua Indians

San Francisco de los Tejas

• Established near present day Crockett, Texas.• Caddo Indians• Lasted 3 years• Spanish gave Caddo diseases.• Caddo thought disease was from baptism

water.• Caddo didn’t need Spanish, They were doing

fine!

Los Adaes

• Near modern Texas/Louisiana border• Help Spanish watch out for French• French raided mission, finding nothing but

chickens.• Missionaries/Soldiers retreated back to San

Antonio de Valero

San Antonio de Valero• The most successful - 1718– Water – San Antonio River– Farming– Ranching

La Bahia

• 1721• Near present day Goliad• Helped defend coast

Santa Cruz de San Saba

• Near Present-Day Menard Texas• Built for Lipan Apaches• Apaches would convert if Spanish would protect

them from Comanche.• Mission built in Comanche territory…Lipan

wanted to start a war between Spanish and Comanche.

• Comanche attacked in 1758 and killed missionaries and burned down mission.

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Section 1 Review

• What is a Mission?• What did the Spanish hope to accomplish with

the mission/presidio system?• Did any succeed/fail?