1. SPANISH MISSIONS

2. What 2 things that you would keep in mind when purchasing the land?
Just imagine that you and your family have decided to purchase a piece of land in your region
What 2 things that you would keep in mind when purchasing the land?
How would you let others know that this property belongs to you?
Would you be upset if someone came in and took your land?

3. That is what the Spaniards did when they came to Texas
That is what the Spaniards did when they came to Texas. How do you think the Native Americans felt?
What did the Spaniards use to get control of the land?

4. We are going to study why the Spaniards used the missions system to gain control of Texas. It is important to know where these missions were built and why the locations of these missions are vital to our history today.

5. Spanish Missions 1682 - Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
1690- San Francisco de los Tejas
1690- El Santisimo Nombre de Maria
1716- Nacogdoches
1718- San Antonio de Valera (Alamo)
1722- La Bahia
1757- Santa Cruz de San Saba

6. MAPS Label the Missions Label the regions Label the Native Tribes
Include El Camino Real in map

7. What regions can you find missions in
What regions can you find missions in? What would these regions offer the missions? (review geography)
Which Native Americans groups were affected by missions?
Why were there not more missions established in the eastern part of Texas?

8. SPAIN BUILDS MISSIONS
Feels threaten by France-needs to control the land-
GOALS
Spread Christianity by converting Native Americans to Christianity
Teach Spanish customs to the Native Americans & lead to adopt the Spanish way of life.
Build new settlements
Establishes & strengthen ownership over Texas by colonizing the New World

9. Definitions Missions-a settlement set up in Indian territory.
Friars (Catholic affiliated) lead the missions
Self-sufficient
Invited the Native Americans to live with them
Taught them Christianity, language, customs, and farming methods
Goal to turn Native Americans into royal Spanish citizens; assumed it would take 10 years and then move on to est. a new mission

10. Presidio- a fort that protected the missions from unfriendly Indians & helped control the Indians who lived in the missions.

11. Villa: located between a mission and a presidio.
It was a small town around a mission and a presidio that provided goods and services.

12. Daily Life Recruited Native Americans Religious instruction
Indians lived and worked on missions
Ranching and farming
Craft work like sewing, blacksmith, soap & bricklaying
Choice: food & protection from other tribes
Indians were controlled & punished
Religious instruction
Taught the Christian faith

13. Problems with the system
Disease
Indian dislike the mission life
Too few Native Americans to do the work
Rejected it
Retain own culture (hunting and ceremonies)
Soldier had little pay
Different uses of the missions
Protection - learn work skills
food

14. Decline
France’s threat was no longer due to the end of the French & Indian War;
Spanish spread to thin across Texas; presidio’s not able to protect missions from Indian attacks.
Native Americans did not want to be converted.
Money, poor supplies, treatment of Indians
Missions closed, failing to settle Texas

15. Legacy Settling Texas A new culture was born within the missions
New culture was a mix of Spaniards and Native Americans
Much of Spanish culture still exist today. -buildings, names of towns, food, customs, ________?

16. Design a Mission Soldiers housing -Indian housing
Orchards & gardens -Stables
Convent -church
Classrooms -plaza
Dining hall -kitchen
Carpentry -textile shop
Sewing shop -entrances
Watch tower -well/oven

17. Action Plan
Design an action plan to stay open-