The La Salle expedition showed that France was interested in what is now Texas. The Spanish decided that to protect their daim, they needed settlements there. Over the
next several decades, Spain established missions, military outposts called presidios,
and towns in lands occupied by American Indians. These efforts by the Spanish in the
late 1690s helped begin and define the Spanish Colonial era.
-Texas History
Based on the excerpt, what was the significance of the La Salle expedition to the
Spanish?
A) It sparked Spanish fears for potential French interest in Texas.
B) It gave the French more land occupied by American Indians.
C) It increased Spanish interest in giving up the Mississippi River Valley.
D) It emphasized the risks of having too many missions spread out.

the completion of the erie canal spurred the first great westward movement of american settlers, gave access to the rich land and resources west of the appalachians and made new york the preeminent commercial city in the united states.

the government paid religious orders to provide basic education to native american children on reservations. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the bureau of indian affairs (bia) founded additional boarding schools based on the assimilation model of the off-reservation carlisle indian industrial school.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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