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Expansion of the Spanish Colonial Empire to the northeast progressed slowly in the seventeenth
century, but the number of explorations and settlements were increasing by mid-century. In response to the
challenges of the frontier, the Spanish utilized two institutions, the presidio and the mission (“Chroniclers
of the Borderlands,” Stone Fort Museum). During this century the Spanish were very concerned with
French threats to Spanish land in the New World. It is the aggressiveness of French trading endeavors that
eventually provoked the Spanish into action in eastern Texas (“Chroniclers of the Borderlands,” Stone Fort
Museum).
- 1629-1654 expeditions to Texas from New Mexico
- 1682 Corpus Christi de la Isleta, the first Spanish Mission and Pueblo was established
- 1689 Spanish begin settling and establishing missions in East Texas
- 1690 Mission San Francisco de los Tejas is the first mission established in East Texas (Mission Tejas)
- 1693 Mission Tejas is closed and the Spanish abandoned East Texas
Corpus Christi de la Isleta Mission in The Handbook of Texas
Nuestra Padre San Francisco de los Tejas Mission in The Handbook of Texas
Presidios in The Handbook of Texas
Spanish Missions in The Handbook of Texas
Mission Tejas State Historical Park
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