spanish settlement in texas chapter 6. the requerimiento a written declaration of domination &...
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Spanish Settlement in
TexasChapter 6
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The Requerimiento
• A written declaration of domination & war read by Spanish conquistadores to natives of the Americas requiring their loyalty to Spain.
• To resist would mean war.
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Bartolome de las Casas
• A Spanish friar & historian whose writings argued that the natives of the Americas were human.
• As a result, he was appointed as the “Protector of the Indians”
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Purpose of Missions
• Missions were Spain’s main way of colonizing & displaying power
• Missions were used to convert natives to Catholicism
• Missions were used to provide protection for the Spanish
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Spanish Missions
1682: The Spanish
established the 1st Texas mission at
Corpus Cristi de la Ysleta
(El Paso)
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Spanish Missions
• In 1718, Mission San Antonio de Valero was established along the San Antonio River.
• This mission later became known as the Alamo.
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Spanish Missions
OMost Spanish missions in Texas were built near bodies of water, such as rivers.
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Ranches• Ranches were
more beneficial to where missions were succeeding.
• Cattle were easier to raise & protect than farming
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Fray Damian Massanet
OConvinced the viceroy of New Spain to colonize East Texas & convert the Caddoes to Catholicism
OMany missions were established even though they were failures