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End of Spanish Rule. Spanish Texas 1763 – 1819 p.136. Spain Acquires Louisiana. Great Britain gained control of all the land east of the Mississippi River after the French – Indian War. Great Britain did not gain New Orleans.
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End of Spanish Rule Spanish Texas 1763 – 1819 p.136
Spain Acquires Louisiana • Great Britain gained control of all the land east of the Mississippi River after the French – Indian War. • Great Britain did not gain New Orleans. • Spain received New Orleans and all the French land west of the Mississippi River. • France was no longer a colonial power in North America. • Spanish officials questioned the need of the East Texas Missions.
Nacogdoches Founded • 5 years later settlers moved back to East Texas without government approval. • They built the town Nacogdoches near the abandoned mission Guadalupe. • Spain had little control over what the settlers did.
Settlers Face Many Dangers • Fighting with Apache and Comanche Indians interfered with colonization of Texas. • Spain did not have enough troops to make the province safe. • In 1790, Spain stopped funding the Texas missions. They were forced to fund themselves.
Spain helps the American Colonists • France and Spain help the American colonists in the American Revolutionary War. • Spain opened the New Orleans port to American ships and supplied weapons, clothing, money, and medical supplies. • When America won their independence, the boundaries were set at Canada in the North, the Mississippi River in the West, and Florida in the South.
The United States buys Louisiana • In 1800, Spain was forced to give Louisiana back to France. • In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana Purchase from France for 15 million. • This purchase doubled the size of the United States. • Anglos pushed across the Mississippi River toward Spanish-held Texas.
Disputes about Boundaries • Controversy between the United States and Spain over the boundary between Louisiana and Spanish Texas. • Spain and America compromised that the land between the Sabine River and Arroyo Hondo stream will be Neutral Ground – meaning neither will settle there. • Between 1806 and 1819 no nation governed this land. • It became a land to where fugitives and smugglers escaped.
Adams-Onis Treaty • In 1819, the United States and Spain signed the Adams-Onis Treaty settling the boundary dispute. • Spain transferred Florida to America and agreed to the Sabine River as the eastern boundary of Texas. • The United States surrendered all claims to Texas. • The Neutral Ground was not in U.S. Territory.
Americans Migrate to Texas • Some American filibusters, or adventurers went to Texas. • Some Americans migrated to Texas as farmers and traders.
Using your writing utensil, label, date and shade the Louisiana Purchase section on the map.