Would the Wichitas and the Osages be open to trading? Would the rivers be suitable channels of commerce to Santa Fe? Would the Native peoples living along those rivers grant safe passage to traders?
Most of the French settlements were men who were traders and accepted the natives. But the English settlements focused on families developing the land and basically wanted to enslave the natives.
The missionaries were the group that established the first Spanish settlements in Texas.
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There were two easternmost Spanish settlements on the northern frontier of Spanish Mexico. The first settlement was Mexico City, and the second was the Yucatan.
Who played an important role in the spread of Spanish settlements throughout the U.S.?
No, the French did. The Spanish were in the southeast and southwest.
In 1763
Who played an important role in the spread of Spanish settlements throughout the U.S.?
The Spanish didn't want french invasion
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