SPAIN EXPANDED EFFORTS TO COLONIZE “TEXAS” TIME PERIOD: LATE 1600’S TO EARLY 1700’S REASON: TO STRENGTHEN SPAIN'S CLAIM TO THE LAND 1691: SPAIN CREATES.
5.1 Missions
Spanish Missions
Friars in 1682 founded the first permanent settlement of Europeans in Texas—the mission of Corpus Christi de la Ysleta—located near present-day El Paso.
Missions
In 1682 Spanish friars founded the first permanent settlement of Europeans in Texas—the mission Corpus Christi de la Ysleta near El Paso. New Spain starts.
