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A. Who?

B. What?

C. When?

D. Where?

E. Why?

oft "Hernan Cortes

Conquered Aztec, Established firstSpanish settlement in Mexico

(Mexico City) which became a basefor Spanish colonization

1519Mexico City

In search of gold

mPined_nNA. Who?

B. What?

C. When?

b. Where?

E. Why?

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

#lrst to see and map the Texas GulfCoast1519

Gulf CoastLooking for Northern waterways to

the Pacific Ocean

Texas Explorers Foldable September 17, 2014

A. Who?

B. What?

C. When?

beza DeAlvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Part of the Narvaez expedition, shipwrecked on

Galveston & rescued by the Karankawa, worked

with Karankawa as a servant, healer, & trader,

published many books on Native Americans

when he returned to Spain.

1528-1536

D. Where?

E. Why?

Throughout the Southern half ofTexas with the Karankawa

'ÿCame with the Narvaez expedition

looking for gold, but never foundany

E. Why?

A. Who?

B. What?

C. When?

D. Where?

DCoronadoBFrancisco Vasquez de Coronado

Discovered huge herds, of buffalo,Discovered Palo Duro Canyon

1540-1542Southwestern part of the United

States and into TexasSent by Spanish government tofind the City of Gold (Cibola).

They found none & his expeditionwas considered a failure.

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Salle A. Who?

B. What?

E. Why?

C. When?

D. Where?

Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle

ooking for & missed the Mississippi River,Got lost & landed in Texas, built Fort St. Louis,poor leader, murdered by his own soldier,expedition was a disaster.

1685-87

Louisiana,Texas CoastTo secretly create a French colony on theMississippi River which would strengthenFrench claim to Louisiana without letting

Spanish know (would make them angry). Theexpedition gave France a claim to Texas

which challenged Spain's empire.