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

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

2. The Marqués de Rubí Report • 1754: France and England go to war over control of the Ohio Valley

3. The Marqués de Rubí Report • War spreads to Europe • Spain sides with France • Britain defeats France

4. The Marqués de Rubí Report • Treaty of Paris signed after war • Cede—to officially give up a territory from one nation to another

5. The Marqués de Rubí Report • Treaty of Paris: • France gave up Canada and all land East of the Mississippi River • Spain gave up Florida

6. The Marqués de Rubí Report • Agreement gives Louisiana to Spain • French are no longer a threat to Texas

9. The Marqués de Rubí Report • 1766: The Marqués de Rubíbegins an inspection of the northern borderlands • Becomes very concerned when inspecting northern presidios

10. The Marqués de Rubí Report • Found better conditions at San Antonio and La Bahía • Noted efforts to convert and befriend Indians had failed

11. The Marqués de Rubí Report 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.

12. The Marqués de Rubí Report • 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

13. The Marqués de Rubí Report • Only San Antonio and Santa Fe would remain above this line • Abandon East Texas settlements

14. The Marqués de Rubí Report • Recommendations for Texas: • Abandon all missions and presidios except those at La Bahía and San Antonio • San Antonio should replace Los Adaes as the capital of Texas

15. The Marqués de Rubí Report • Recommendations for Texas: • 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

16. 1. 2. 3. 4. Marques de Rubi Report Why? Why? Marqués de Rubí Report These had the best conditions- others were in desperate need of repairs and staffed by soldiers who lived in poverty. Spain should abandon all missions and presidios in Texas except those at La Bahía and San Antonio. San Antonio should then replace Los Adaes as the capital of Texas. The Spanish in East Texas should be moved to San Antonio to strengthen the defenses of the missions and settlement there. The French were no longer a threat to East Texas… The Spanish should befriend the Comanche and use their help infighting the Apache. The government approved Rubi’s recommendations

17. Changes in Texas Policies • 1773: withdrawal from East Texas begins • Tejanos—persons of Spanish descent who lived in Texas

18. Changes in Texas Policies • People did not want to leave • San Antonio replaces Los Adaes as capital

19. Changes in Texas Policies • Best farmland is already taken • People become homesick and ask to return home

20. Changes in Texas Policies • 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

21. Changes in Texas Policies • Bucareli plagued by Comanche raids, disease, and flooding • Antonio Gil Ybarbo leads settlers further east

22. Changes in Texas Policies • 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

23. Changes in Texas Policies • 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

24. Changes in Texas Policies • 1785: The Spanish sign a peace treaty with the Comanche Indians • Treaty maintained peace for some 30 years

25. Problems Actions Rubí’s Report