Spanish Colonial Texas

4. Mexicans living in Texas began referring to themselves by this name.
6. He led a group of soldiers to destroy Fort St. Louis.
7. The people who were born in Spain were the top of Mexico’s class system.
9. The establishment of missions, presidios, and settlements in Texas is known as the Spanish ____________ Era.
12. He petitioned Spanish officials to re-open the mission to the Tejas.
14. Friars were expected to teach Native Americans trades like _________ and blacksmithing.
15. These are people of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage
18. This was an agreement between England, The Netherlands, and Spain to fight against France.
20. Spanish ____________ at the presidios received low pay and were often treated unfairly by their officers.
21. These were Spanish fortresses built to protect missions and settlers.
22. This is the only county in Texas named for a woman
23. This mission on the Rio Grande was called the Gateway to Texas.

1. Native Americans often came to live at the missions in order to hide from their ______________.
2. These were Roman Catholic men who taught about Christianity.
3. One goal of the missions was to convert Native Americans to this religion.
5. Located in Louisiana, this site functioned as capital of Texas for more than fifty years.
8. This was the first Spanish mission built in East Texas.
10. The chapel of San Antonio de _______________ mission became famous as The Alamo.
11. The word Ta Sha from this tribe meant friend. It eventually became the word Texas.
13. He was a Frenchman who tried to negotiate trade rights with Spain.
16. The question of how to treat Native Americans was often a source of _________ between friars and soldiers.
17. The Apache and Comanche rarely attacked settlers here
19. These people were born in Mexico, but their parents were born in Spain.