Missions and Presidios in Texas
Across
- 3. Father Franciso_____ Contacted French Catholic priests and caused Spanish to be suspicious of the French
- 5. Known as the "Queen of the Missions", this is the largest of the missions in San Antonio
- 10. Father ______ Massenet established San Francisco de los Tejas in East Texas in 1690 and was relocated to San Antonio in 1731
- 13. Most missions were established along _____ for growing their own food and for getting water
- 14. is a man belonging to the Roman Catholic Faith he is also known as a Priest
- 15. LaSalle tried to establish this French fort in Texas.
- 16. ____ Margil de Jesus founded the largest mission in San Antonio argubly the most famous Missionary in Texas
- 18. Mission______ was the first mission in Texas established in 1690 as San Franciso de los Tejas before being moved in 1731 to San Antonio
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- 1. Mission San Antonio de Valero, which is today known as the______ located in San Antonio
- 2. The Spaniards were focused on converting Native Americas to ______, specifically Catholicism
- 4. Mission ____ is the oldest unrestored stone church in America located in San Antonio and built in 1755
- 6. Spanish word for Ranches
- 7. Spanish word for cowboy
- 8. killed around 90% of all Native Americans in the America's
- 9. military bases in Spanish Colonial America
- 11. religious communities established by Spanish Catholics
- 12. The first Mission established in Texas in El Paso and is the oldest, continuously operating, parish in Texas.
- 17. Spanish spelling of a Caddo word taysha, which means "friend" or "ally" it would eventually turn into the name Texas