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How did spanish settlers in the southwest adapt Native American building styles?
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What event brought the American southwest under the control of the US?
The defeat of Mexico in the Mexican War.Before then the southwest was controlled by MexicoThe people who had lived there for centuries had Spanish ancestors and spoke Spanish
The spanish first moved into the north American southwest in an effort to?
Obtain precious metal.
Who were the spanish-speaking people who lived in the west before white settlers arrived?
The Spanish speaking people in what is now the American southwest were white colonists from Spain and later some mixed Spanish and native Mexican people (mestizos). It was a province of New Spain, what is now Mexico. Even today they speak a Spanish that is more like older version of Spanish from the 1600s and called themselves "Spanish". The first settlements were in 1598. Santa Fe dates from 1610.
Spanish explorer who explored the American southwest and led the first European expedition in the grand canyyon?
Francisco Vasquez de Coronando
What treaty ended the Spanish American war and gave the Southwest to America?
No such proviso exists for the simple reason that Spain had nothing to do with the American Southwest after Mexico gained its Independence. The Treaty of Paris (1898) dealt with the Spanish American War. The Mexican Cession was a part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which laid out the conditions ending the Mexican American War(1848). Fifty long and eventful years are between these two Treaties.
What new building materials did the spanish introduce to the southwest?
Stucko and adobe
How did the cattle industry begin?
The discovery of Longhorn cattle, a breed of cattle descended from cows and bulls left by early Spanish settlers in the American Southwest, triggered the growth of the cattle industry.
Where was there tension between the Spanish and American settlers of Texas?
alamo
What Native American practices were NOT adopted by Spanish colonists in what is now the American Southwest?
Religion
What event brought the American southwest under the control of the US?
The defeat of Mexico in the Mexican War.Before then the southwest was controlled by MexicoThe people who had lived there for centuries had Spanish ancestors and spoke Spanish
The spanish first moved into the north American southwest in an effort to?
Obtain precious metal.
What was the purpose for building fort towson?
"Originally in 1824 it was built to protect the Choctaw Indians and settlers from attacks from the Spanish."
What languages do people speak in the American southwest?
English (American dialect), Spanish, Navajo, Hopi, Apache, perhaps a few others.
What kind of labor that the slavery false is practice during the spanish time?
The question is confusing, but the Spanish did use slaves in the American southwest mines.
Name the four things that American settlers agreed to do in exchange for receiving land in Texas?
The American settlers agreed to Learn Spanish, Become Mexican Citizens, convert to Catholicism and obey MExican law
US settlers first moved to Texas because?
The US settlers were seeking undeveloped land in the southwest, and the Mexican governments originally encouraged settlers as a means to increase the area's population. Mexico eventually realized that the new settlers did not want to be subject to Mexican authority. the Spanish and Mexican governments invited U.S. settlers to move there to increase the province's population.
Why are traditional Mexican food Catholic religious traditions and Mexican festivals popular in the American Southwest?
The American southwest was first explored and settled by the Spanish who brought their Catholic religious customs to the area. The food is probably more of a blend between Spanish and Indian tastes. Indians showed the Spanish what was edible in the New World and everyone put it all together and so the taco was born! Also, The area was once a part of Mexico.
