Transcript Early Explores - Dickinson ISD

The Power Point will let us know why the
Spanish and French came to Texas.
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Explorer
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Expedition
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Conquistadors
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Draw a Visual
Explorer- a person who goes
in search of new found
information.
Expedition- a journey or
voyage taken for a specific
cause.
Conquistadors- Spanish
soldiers who sought wealth
and power.
Friars- Members of the
Catholic religious order, who
helped Spain in their
conquest.
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God
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Gold
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Glory
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Spanish came for God,
Gold and Glory.
God- Spread the
Catholic Religion.
Gold- to pay for the
many expeditions.
Glory- to be acclaimed
for the Crown.
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Challenge Spain for
Texas.
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French spreading their
faith.
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Visual
The French came to set
up colonies for their
country and to
challenge the Spanish
for claim of Texas.
The French also came
to spread their faith.
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New Spain covered what is Now
Mexico and majority of the U.S.
Conquistadors fought their
way through the Native
Americans with far better
weapons, and set claim on
their new territory.
European diseases also
devastated Aztec, Inca and
Mayan civilizations.
Friars helped the Spanish
take claim of the territory
by trying to convert the
Native Americans to the
Catholic Faith.
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Draw a small map of
Pineda’s expedition
In 1519 he became the
first European to map
the coast of Texas.
He explored the
coastline of Florida and
Mexico.
His maps and charts
were the first made of
the Gulf Coast.
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Draw a Visual of
Moscoso entering Texas.
Moscoso took 600
men across Louisiana
into Texas.
He discovered the
areas of Corpus Christi
and Matagorda Bay.
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In 1519, with an Army of
500 soldiers he quickly
destroyed the Aztec
Empire.
The Indians were out
matched by the Guns and
the Horses brought by
the Spanish.
Cortes found a new city
and named it after the
Aztecs; Mexico.
Mexico City becomes the
capital of New Spain.
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Draw a visual of De Vaca
Crash landing on Galveston.
On an expedition De Vaca
shipwrecked near Galveston
and the survivors were the
first Europeans to enter
Texas.
Estaban from Morocco is
the first African American to
set foot in Texas.
Cabeza de Vaca would later
report that he found no
Gold in Texas, but saw
huge “Cows” with horns.
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Trace Coronado’s
Expedition.
In 1540 Coronado
commanded an
expedition looking for
the “Seven Golden
Cities of Cibola.”
His men find the Grand
Canyon, grassy lands
and large amounts of
Buffalo.
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Draw a part of Texas
with a French Flag.
In 1682, La Salle came
to stake claim of parts
of Texas in the interest
of the French.
The French Flag is the
2nd flag to fly over
Texas.
Establishes Fort St.
Louis
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