Conquistadors came from Spain to conquer America

Explain what is going on in this comic and why it is funny. This should take at least two sentences.

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Explorers

Age of Contact:God, Gold, & Glory

Texas History

Three things motivated explorers:

God, Gold, and Glory

Columbus...• Sailed the ocean blue in 1492

• Landed in the Bahamaso He was actually hoping to find trade

routes to Asia

• Started hunting for goldo he could keep some of for himself,

rest went to the Spanish king and queen who paid for the trip

• Established a colony and sailed back to report his findings, eventually did four trips

• Columbus enslaved, tortured, or killed thousands of native people

Glory!

Conquistadors - Spanish, derived from Latin conquirere "to search for": a leader in the Spanish conquest of America in the 16th century

• Conquistadors were looking for wealth and fame

Glory!

Expedition-a journey or trip undertaken for a specific purpose (such as war or exploring)

• Conquistadors went on expeditions

• They were sent to conquer and claim the land and people for their country

Gold

Gold

• Spanish heard there was gold in Texas from Natives

• Spain came to U.S. for gold

Europe Then

God

• The Catholic Church supported the expeditions

• Why would the church do that??

• to spread Christianity to Native Texans

• Gain wealth

Paul III1534 – 1549

Alonso Álvarez de Pineda

• Spanish explorer and cartogpher

• Spanish hoped for a passageway through Mexico to Asia

• Pineda mapped the Texas coastline in 1519

• What he learned:o No passageway

through Mexico to Asia

o Florida is not an island, its a peninsula

Map he drew of Texas coast!

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca• Left Spain on ship with crew of 600 to occupy North

America

• Landed in Florida, began search for goldo Disease as well as Natives killed many meno Hiked about 300 miles and gave up on their gold hunto 242 still alive -> meaning 358 died so faro Built ships to sail to Mexico

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca• Lost 204 at sea

o Survivors landed Galveston (called it "Island of Doom")o Only 40 left alive -> Meaning 560 have now died

• Enslaved by Native Americans

• Four men survived to reach Mexico City

• Traveling with these four men de Vaca explored the interior of modern day Texas, first known to have done this

GoldFrancisco Vasquez de

Coronado

• sent to search for the Seven Cities of Gold

• They met a Native who told them of a city of gold he believed existed

• The expedition lasted almost one and a half years, making it to Wichita Kansas

• Found no gold

Conflict between France and SpainSieur de LaSalle

• Given ships, colonists, and soldiers by the French King to start a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi

• mistakenly lands in Matagorda Bay

• Failed at establishing a colony but named it Fort St. Louis because of disease and attacks by native people

Why do you think?

Conflict between France and Spain

Sieur de LaSalle

• heads back home and is shot by his own men

• Spain finds the French in Texas and fears they are trying claim Texaso Spain renews its

colonization effort

The "Chicken War"

• French soldiers were sent to capture a Spanish mission in East Texas

• France was not getting along with Spain

• French looted a mission and captured French soldiers

• Spanish were embarrassedo Spain more

determined to hold on to Texas!

• Why were the Spanish not interested in settling Texas?

• Why did the Spanish decide to colonize Texas?

• How did the French influence the settlement of Texas?

Questions?• Why were the Spanish not interested in settling

Texas?

• Why did the Spanish decide to colonize Texas?

• How did the French influence the settlement of Texas?

Spain was very busy. They were fighting wars at home as well as managing significant colonies in Mexico. Also Texas did not appear to be particularly profitable.

They were worried the French would take Texas through colonization, they wanted to make sure it stayed theirs.

They were worried the French would take Texas through colonization, they wanted to make sure it stayed theirs.