Chapter 7: Conflicts of Empire Section 1: Changes in Spanish Texas.

Chapter 7: Conflicts of Empire

Section 1: Changes in Spanish Texas

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The Marqués de Rubí Report

•1754: France and England go to war over control of the Ohio Valley


•War spreads to Europe

•Spain sides with France

•Britain defeats France


•Treaty of Paris signed after war

•Cede—to officially give up a territory from one nation to another


•Treaty of Paris:

–France gave up Canada and all land East of the Mississippi River

–Spain gave up Florida


–Agreement gives Louisiana to Spain

•French are no longer a threat to Texas


•1766: The Marqués de Rubí begins an inspection of the northern borderlands

•Becomes very concerned when inspecting northern presidios


•Found better conditions at San Antonio and La Bahía

•Noted efforts to convert and befriend Indians had failed


Spanish America’s northern borderlands were

threatened in the 1760s because Spain did not have

the people, power, or wealth to hold its land

there.


• Recommendations:

– Spain pull back to the “real” frontier

– Build a string of forts from CA to TX

A page from the Marqués de Rubí’s diary


–Only San Antonio and Santa Fe would remain above this line

–Abandon East Texas settlements


• Recommendations for Texas:

1. Abandon all missions and presidios except those at La Bahía and San Antonio

2. San Antonio should replace Los Adaes as the capital of Texas


• Recommendations for Texas:

3. Spanish population in East Texas should be moved to San Antonio to strengthen defense of the settlement and mission there.

4. Befriend the Comanche and use their help in fighting the Apache

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Spain should abandon all missionsand presidios in Texas except those at La Bahía and San Antonio.

The Spanish in East Texas should be moved to San Antonio to strengthen the defenses of the missions and settlement there.

The Spanish should befriend the Comanche and use their help infighting the Apache.

San Antonio should then replace Los Adaes as the capital of Texas.

These had the best conditions- others were in desperate need of repairs and staffed by soldiers who lived in poverty.

Why?

The French were no longer a threat to East Texas…

The government approved Rubi’s recommendations

Why?

Changes in Texas Policies

• 1773: withdrawal from East Texas begins

• Tejanos—persons of Spanish descent who lived in Texas


• People did not want to leave

• San Antonio replaces Los Adaes as capital


• Best farmland is already taken

• People become homesick and ask to return home


• Allowed to return as far east as the Trinity River

• 1774: Antonio Gil Ybarbo—lead a group to present-day Madison County where they founded Bucareli


• Bucareli plagued by Comanche raids, disease, and flooding

• Antonio Gil Ybarbo leads settlers further east


•Antonio Gil Ybarbo founded the town of Nacogdoches which became a gateway between Texas and Louisiana.Statue of Antonio Gil Ybarbo

in present-day Nacogdoches


• Spanish copy the French system of befriending the Indians by trading and giving them gifts

• Spanish wanted to befriend the Comanche to get their help against the Apache


• 1785: The Spanish sign a peace treaty with the Comanche Indians

• Treaty maintained peace for some 30 years

Problems Actions

Rubí’s

Report

Chapter 7: Conflicts of Empire Section 1: Changes in Spanish Texas.

Documents

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capital of texas slide

capital slide

bucareli slide

apache slide

florida slide

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