Question:
In 1685 the French explorer Ren Robert Cavalier Sieur de La
Last updated: 5/16/2023
In 1685 the French explorer Ren Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle established a fort at Matagorda Bay in Texas How did the Spanish react to the news of this French fort They sent an expedition to Matagorda Bay and later built their own fort on the same location O They offered to sell East Texas to King Louis XIV of France They ignored the fort because it was too small to threaten Spanish interests They encouraged local Indians to attack the fort to prevent French settlement