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| Spanish nun who claimed her spirit traveled to the New World |
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| The Spanish explorers discovered that Cíbola was actually a |
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| Members of Coronado’s expedition described the plains as |
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| having lakes “round as plates.” |
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| La Salle led the first European expedition to navigate the Mississippi to the |
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| All the following describe La Salle’s second expedition EXCEPT |
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| three ships landed safely at Matagorda Bay |
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| The Aztec city where “every kind of merchandise” was for sale was |
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| The San Xavier missions on the San Gabriel River were set up to serve the |
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| The boundary between French and Spanish settlements in East Texas was |
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| The first permanent Spanish settlement in Texas was |
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| Corpus Christi de la Ysleta |
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| Which is NOT a reason the missions failed to Christianize the Plains people? |
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| The missions lacked adequate water |
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| A Spanish military outpost is a/an |
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| The Spanish governor’s wife, known as La Brigaderia, who ran affairs of state while her husband was away was |
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| In 1699, the French established Biloxi on the Gulf Coast to |
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| reinforce France’s claim to the lands drained by the Mississippi River |
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| When Spanish officials learned of La Salle’s fort in Texas they |
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| sent troops to destroy it |
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| The chief official of the local city councils was given the title |
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| French traders made large profits exchanging blankets, guns, and wine for |
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| People of mixed Spanish and Native American blood are called |
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| Unlike the Spanish explorers, the French were not interested in |
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| converting Native Americans to Christianity |
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| A government in which voters choose people to represent them is a |
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| A government in which voters choose people to represent them is a |
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| Louis Michel Aury was appointed commissioner of Galveston by |
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| Mexicans who wanted independence from Spain |
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| The leader of the East Texans who founded Nacogdoches was |
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| The Texas adventurer who captured Nacogdoches in 1819 with 300 rebels was |
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| Stephen F. Austin decided a good place for a colony was |
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| between the Colorado and Brazos Rivers |
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| The central town of the first Irish colony in Texas was |
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