jean - baptiste le moyne de bienville established the first european base in mississippi in 1699.
jean - baptiste le moyne de bienville established the first european base in mississippi in 1699.
who established the first european base in mississippi in 1699?
jean - baptiste le moyne de bienville
the first european base was established in 1680, along the upper rio grande river, near modern el paso, texas with the exiled spaniards and native americans from the isleta pueblo during the pueblo revolt, also known as popé's rebellion, from today's northern new mexico. in 1682, rené-robert cavelier, sieur de la salle (1643-1687), established a french colony at fort saint louis, after sailing down and exploring the mississippi river from new france (modern canada) and the great lakes. he planted this early french presence at fort saint louis near matagorda bay, along the gulf of mexico coast (near modern inez, texas), even before the establishment of new orleans on the lower mississippi river. the colony was killed off by native americans after three years, but spanish authorities felt pressed to establish settlements to keep their claim to the land. several roman catholic missions were established in east texas; they were abandoned in 1691. twenty years later, concerned with the continued french presence in neighboring louisiana, spanish authorities again tried to colonize texas. over the next 110 years, spain established numerous villages, "presidios", and missions in the province. a small number of spanish settlers arrived, in addition to missionaries and soldiers. spain signed agreements with colonizers from the united states, bordering the province to the northeast ever since their louisiana purchase from the emperor napoleon i and his french empire (france) in 1803. when mexico won its independence from spain in 1821, mexican texas was part of the new nation. to encourage settlement, mexican authorities allowed organized immigration from the united states, and by 1834, over 30,000 anglos lived in texas, compared to 7,800 mexicans.
history of texas
the word "contemplation" is derived from the latin word "contemplatio". its root is also that of the latin word "templum", a piece of ground consecrated for the taking of auspices, or a building for worship, derived either from proto-indo-european base *"tem"- "to cut", and so a "place reserved or cut out", or from the proto-indo-european base *"temp"- "to stretch", and thus referring to a cleared space in front of an altar. the latin word "contemplatio" was used to translate the greek word "θεωρία" ("theōría").









































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contemplation