Study Guide Crossword for Exploration, Settlement, and Indpendence

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  1. 1. The Indian tribe that the Spanish f______ had the most success with were the Coahuilticans.
  2. 4. In the 1620’s, the Jumano Indians were converted by the vision of a nun they call “The Lady in B________.”
  3. 6. Pineda [1519] was credited with creating the first m______ of the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico.
  4. 7. Native Americans were not free to practice their own religion in the missions. That had to become C____________.
  5. 8. Coronado’s guys found The Grand Canyon and E______ was killed.
  6. 10. Native Texans attacked m______ because they did not want to change their ways of life.
  7. 13. The major goals of the Spanish missions were to teach the Indians Christianity and to hold land for S________. The three G’s: God, Gold, & Glory.
  8. 15. Cabeza de Vaca writes about his time with the K____________ in a memoir book called La Relacion.
  9. 17. Cortez [1519] defeated the A______ Empire and sent all of their gold and jewels back to Spain.
  10. 18. Father Miguel H________ called for an uprising for freedom from Spain, 1810.
  11. 19. La Salle [1685] was a French explorer in Texas. He built Ft. St Louis at Matagorda Bay and laid claims to the region for F________.
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  1. 1. The fear of F________ settlements caused the Spanish to establish colonies in eastern Texas.
  2. 2. San A________ had the most success with the Spanish mission system.
  3. 3. The first flag to fly over Texas was the S________ flag. The second was French.
  4. 5. The Spanish chose a site for a settlement near rivers, or lakes because w______was necessary and plentiful.
  5. 7. In order to secure Texas, Mexico created a policy to increase the c________ of Texas.
  6. 9. Cabeza de Vaca’s stories were seemingly supported by a Jumano Indian they nicknamed ‘The T______.’ When they proved to be false Coronado executed him.
  7. 11. Cabeza de Vaca’s [1525] was one of four survivors of the Narvaez expedition and the shipwreck that stranded them in Galveston Bay, through many hardships they befriended the I_______ and walked back to Mexican territory with tales of golden cities and treasure to the Northwest.
  8. 12. Coronado [1540] followed the stories of “C_______: the Seven Cities of Gold” until they proved to just be adobe pueblos of the Jumanos.
  9. 14. The Spanish colonists were primarily C________.
  10. 16. When Mexico won its independence from Spain [1821], T________became part of Mexico.