was the state of texas ruled by spanish authorities?
Yes, Spain had claimed ownership of the territory in 1519
Spanish Texas
Spain had claimed ownership of the territory in 1519, which
who was originally organizing the effort to bring settlers into texas in 1820 Colonel Pedro de Rivera y Villalón who is this mentioned person? UNANSWERABLE
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Spanish Texas [SEP] History
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. The Spanish returned to southeastern Texas in 1716, establishing several missions and a presidio to maintain a buffer between Spanish territory and the French colonial Louisiana district of New France.