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  • Who discovered silver mines and encouraged further exploration and settlement in the Southwest?
    Antonio de Espejo
  • What was the purpose of establishing missions?
    Spread Catholiocism, and to secure the claim on land.
  • What river did Alonso Alvarex de Pineda explore?
    Mississipppi
  • What caused La Salle began to colonize Texas?
    Spain reclaimed and settled Texas.
  • Who explored and recorded the geography and peoples of the Texan panhandle?
    Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
  • Who explored the lands and peoples of east Texas?
    Luis de Moscoso de Alvarado
  • Who established the first European colony in Texas?
    Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieru de la Salle
  • Who claimed the land around El Paso for Spain?
    Juan de Onate
  • True or Fale: Coronado found great riches during the exploration of northern Texas.
    False
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