CHAPTERS 2,3

Iberian peninsula

Castile-Aragon

Hernan Cortez

Narvaez expedition

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Estevan (Estevanico)

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Sieur de La Salle

Fort St. Louis

San Francisco de los Tejas

Father Francisco Hidalgo

San Antonio de Baxar

La Bahia (Goliad)

Missions

Presidios

alcalde

Seven Years' War

filibuster

Philip Nolan

criollos (creoles)

mestizos

Augustus W. Magee

Baron de Bastrop

Moses Austin

How did events in Europe affect New Spain and Texas in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. How did Mexico become independent? How did Texas fit into the independence movement? What is the legacy Spain left in Texas?