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Texas Geography. 1. Houston 2. Inter-mountains and Basins 3. Central Plains 4. Great Plains. 5. Gulf Coastal Plains Explorers 1. Great Plains 2. Pineda 3. LaSalle 4. Coronado. 5. Cabaza de Vaca 6. Cortes 7. E xposed Native Americans to disease Gave Spain a claim to the area
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Texas Geography • 1. Houston • 2. Inter-mountains and Basins • 3. Central Plains • 4. Great Plains
5. Gulf Coastal Plains Explorers • 1. Great Plains • 2. Pineda • 3. LaSalle • 4. Coronado
5. Cabaza de Vaca • 6. Cortes • 7. • Exposed Native Americans to disease • Gave Spain a claim to the area • Proved valuable knowledge of the area • Served as a buffer between Native Americans and Spanish settlements
8. God, Gold and Glory • 9. 1519 Spanish Colonization • 1. road leading from Mexico City to the east Texas missions
2. • close all missions and presidios except San Antonio and La Bahia • Move capital of Texas to San Antonio • Move East Texas population to San Antonio • Befriend the Comanche to help fight the Apache
3. Louisiana Purchase $15 million • 4. Reasons • Convert Native Americans to Christianity • Expand Empire • 5. Goals • Convert Native Americans to Christianity • Lead Native Americans to Spanish way of life • Strengthen Spain’s hold on Texas
6. Boost the population • 7. Alamo • 8. did not have people, power or wealth Mexican Colonization • 1. Mexico had a new government
2. Austin’s Terms • Heads of households 640 acres • Married man another 320 plus 160 for each child • Slave owners 80 acres per slave • Extras land for valuable services or cotton gins • Pay Austin a fee of 12.5 cents per acre • 3. southern farmers
4. Mexican citizens and Catholic • 5. hardworking, law-abiding , become Mexican citizens and Catholic • 6. Mexico won independence from Spain
