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Assignment:
Please choose ONE of the following essay prompts to answer.
1. What concerns led to increased Spanish colonization and missionary activity in the period from 1690-1710 and what efforts did Spain undertake to secure Texas?
2. What role did British, French, and Comanche actions have on Spanish Texas in the 18th century?
3. Interpret the impact of environmental factors and changing climatic conditions on the development of early human lifestyles in prehistoric Texas.
4. Accurate or not, there are essential traits associated with being a Texan. How do the early humans, archaic Indians, or cultures such as the Caddo, Karankawa, or pache confirm or refute myths about these essential Texan characteristics?
5. How do the experiences of Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado disrupt generalizations about the story of Spanish conquest in the Americas?
6. How did Texas enter the growing transatlantic rivalry between the Spanish and French empires?
7. Explain the political and social issues which led to revolutionary independence struggles in Mexico, including Texas, in the 1810s and 1820s.
8. What were Spanish, French, and American interpretations of Louisiana boundaries in 1803?