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History.com: The Native American Chief Who Drove Out Spanish Colonists and Nearly Expelled the English

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In the summer of 1561, Spanish explorers abducted Opechancanough, a Powhatan Indian youth from the Chesapeake Bay tidewater region and brought him to the royal court of Spain. The kidnapping set off a chain of events that would alter the...
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Texas Indians: The Texas Apaches

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This article details the history and way of life of the Apaches in Texas. It describes their interactions with the Spanish explorers, how they were treated like slaves at the Spanish missions, and how their resentment drove them to...
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Brown Quarterly: Hernando De Soto Expedition

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An overview of the career of Spanish conquistador Hernando De Soto including a brief analysis of the effects his explorations in the southern portions of North America had on the natives of that region.
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History.com: Hispanic History Milestones: Timeline

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The American Hispanic/Latinx history is a rich, diverse and long one, with immigrants, refugees and Spanish-speaking or Indigenous people living in the United States since long before the nation was established. America's Hispanic...
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Houston Institute for Culture: Early Texas History: Spanish Exploration

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Read about Cabeza de Vaca, one of the first Europeans to extensively explore Texas after an accidental landing at Galveston Island.
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Fulfilling Her Destiny, Panama City Becomes Municipal Giant

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This page is a excerpt of an old (1969) newspaper article about the early history of Panama - when Spanish explorers first crossed the Isthmus and decided to call it by the name of a fishing village.
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Bullock Museum: American Indians

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Immerse in the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. Find out about how the two Americas: the Europeans' version, and the American Indians' version, started changing forever.
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History.com: 10 Things You May Not Know About Christopher Columbus

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Check out 10 things you may not know about the explorer who sailed the ocean blue in 1492 for example, Columbus didn't set out to prove the earth was round.
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Texas A&m University: Antonio Margil De Jesus

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Find out about the life and work of Antonio Margil de Jesus, an early missionary to Texas.
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Texas State Historical Association: Antonio Margil De Jesus

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Read a short biography about Antonio Margil de Jesus, an early missionary to Texas.

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