The purpose of this mission was to spread Christianity to Native Americans in the area. The mission was a success, and more were promised. Cortés brings gold and silver from Mexico to Spain. Later expeditions to North America fail to bring back gold.
Q. When was the era of exploration in Texas?
The first recorded exploration of today’s Texas was made in the 1530s by Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, along with two other Spaniards and a Moorish slave named Estevanico. They were members of an expedition commanded by Panfilo de Narváez that left Cuba in 1528 to explore what is now the southeastern United States.
Q. What year did the first official expedition into Texas occur?
Section 107. In May 1690 Father Massanet founded San Francisco de los Tejas, the first mission within the confines of present-day Texas, located about five miles west of Mission Tejas State Historical Park in Houston County.
Q. Which two countries did Explorers of Texas come from?
In 1519, the explorer Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda became the first European to map the Texas Gulf Coast. However, it would be another nine years before any Spaniards explored the Texas interior. In 1528, another expedition, led by Pánfilo de Narváez, set sail from Spain to explore the North American interior.
Q. What were the first settlements in Texas?
The first settlement, called the Villa de Bexar, was little more than civilian housing for families of soldiers stationed at the presidio, and did not qualify under Spanish law as an official town.
Q. Which country’s flag flew over Texas during the age of contact?
New Spain
Q. What era is considered the age of contact?
Spain’s conquest of the Americas began on a series of islands in what is now the Caribbean Sea. By 1519, exploration had turned to conquest of Mexico, when Hernán Cortés landed on the Yucatán peninsula then pushed inland to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
Q. What are the 6 Flags in Texas?
The Six Flags of Texas
- Origins of the Six Flags Display.
- Spain, 1519-1685 and 1690-1821.
- France, 1685-1690.
- Mexico, 1821-1836.
- Republic of Texas, 1836-1845.
- Confederate States of America, 1861-1865.
- United States of America, 1845-1861 and 1865-present.
Q. What are the six flags that have flown over Texas?
The flags represent the six nations that have claimed sovereignty over Texas. They are the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of France, the Republic of Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America and the United States of America.
