The Settlement of the Spanish Frontera (CEC)

Guns, Germs, and Steel L7

The arrival of the Spanish forever changed the landscape of the Americas. Let’s explore the various tribes that inhabited Texas in the early 1600’s, and how the Spanish interacted with this native peoples while competing with other European powers for the New World.

Learning Objectives for Lesson 7

• Discover how diseases changed the human landscape of the Americas;
• Learn how the arrival of the Spanish created “storms brewed in other men’s worlds”;
• Study the tribes that inhabited Texas in the early 1600s;
• Investigate the arrival of other European powers in North America and how they influenced Spanish behavior;
• Examine the Pueblo Revolt and its effects on the Spanish, Texas, and the southern Great Plains.