| A | B |
| presidio | fort |
| mission | built to help colonize Texas and convert indians to Christianity |
| Plaza | town square |
| Jumanos | Mission Corpus Christi de Ysleta was trying to convert these indians |
| San Antonio | largest and most successful town in Spanish Texas |
| Vaquero | cowboy |
| Walls | Missions had these surrounding them to protect them from Indians |
| schools, homes, work places and church | things contained inside the mission |
| Father Damian Massanet | convinced Spain to colonize Texas |
| Alonso de Leon | convinced Spain to colonize Texas |
| French presence in Texas/Fort St. Louis/wanted to claim land | motivated Spain to colonize Texas |