Question

Why did the Spanish want to protect Teras from foreign settlemento

a. The Spanish didn't want the Native Americans to daim the land,
b. The Spanish knew the region was rich in mineral resources, which they wanted for
themselves
e, The Spanish wanted to create a buller zone to their tentory
d. The Spanish didn't want the French or English expanding their lands in the Americas

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

Spain had claimed ownership of the territory in 1519, which comprised part of the present-day U.S. state of Texas, including the land north of the Medina and Nueces Rivers, but did not attempt to colonize the area until after locating evidence of the failed French colony of Fort Saint Louis in 1689. In 1690 Alonso de León escorted several Catholic missionaries to east Texas, where they established the first mission in Texas. When native tribes resisted the Spanish invasion of their homeland, the missionaries returned to Mexico, abandoning Texas for the next two decades.