Spain ta yi ikirarin mallakar yankin Texas a shekarar 1519, wanda ya kunshi wani bangare na jihar Texas ta Amurka a yau, ciki har da yankin arewacin kogin Medina da Nueces, amma ba ta yi yunkurin mamaye yankin ba sai bayan gano shaidar gazawar. Turawan mulkin mallaka na Faransa na Fort Saint Louis a shekara ta 1689. A 1690 Alonso de León ya raka masu mishan Katolika da yawa zuwa gabashin Texas, inda suka kafa manufa ta farko a Texas.Sa’ad da ƙabilun ƙabilu suka yi tsayayya da mamayar da Mutanen Espanya suka yi wa ƙasarsu, masu wa’azin mishan sun koma Meziko, suka yi watsi da Texas na shekaru ashirin masu zuwa.Mutanen Espanya sun koma kudu maso gabashin Texas a cikin 1716, suna kafa manufa da yawa da shugaban kasa don kula da shinge tsakanin yankin Sipaniya da yankin Louisiana na mulkin mallaka na Faransa na New Faransa.Shekaru biyu bayan haka a cikin 1718, zama na farko na farar hula a Texas, San Antonio, ya samo asali ne a matsayin tashar hanya tsakanin manufa da matsuguni na gaba mafi kusa.Ba da daɗewa ba sabon garin ya zama hari na hare-haren Lipan Apache.An ci gaba da kai hare-hare na lokaci-lokaci na kusan shekaru talatin, har sai da mazauna Spain da mutanen Lipan Apache suka yi zaman lafiya a shekara ta 1749. Amma yarjejeniyar ta fusata maƙiyan Apache, kuma ya haifar da farmaki a ƙabilun Comanche, Tonkawa, da Hasinai a ƙauyukan Spain.Tsoron hare-haren Indiyawa da kuma nesantar yankin daga sauran ma'aikatan gidan sarauta sun hana mazauna Turai ƙaura zuwa Texas.Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin lardunan da baƙi suka fi yawan jama'a.Barazanar hare-hare ba ta ragu ba sai a shekara ta 1785, lokacin da Spain da Comanche suka kulla yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya.Kabilar Comanche daga baya sun taimaka wajen fatattakar kabilun Lipan Apache da Karankawa, wadanda suka ci gaba da haifar da matsala ga mazauna.Ƙara yawan ayyuka a lardin ya ba da damar tubar Kirista cikin lumana na wasu kabilu.A 1762 Faransa ta yi watsi da da'awarta ga yankinta na Texas a cikin 1762, lokacin da ta ba da Faransanci Louisiana ga Daular Spain.Haɗin Mutanen Espanya Louisiana zuwa New Spain yana nufin cewa Tejas ya rasa mahimmancinsa a matsayin ainihin lardin buffer.An wargaza matsugunan gabashin Texas, tare da ƙaura zuwa San Antonio.Duk da haka, a cikin 1799 Spain ta ba Louisiana baya ga Faransa, kuma a cikin 1803 Napoléon Bonaparte (Consul na Farko na Jamhuriyar Faransa) ya sayar da yankin ga Amurka a matsayin wani ɓangare na Siyan Louisiana, Shugaban Amurka Thomas Jefferson (a ofishin: 1801 zuwa 1809). nace cewa siyan ya haɗa da duk ƙasar da ke gabas na Dutsen Rocky da kuma arewacin Rio Grande, kodayake babban faffadan kudu maso yamma yana cikin New Spain.Ba a warware shubuhawar yankin ba har sai da yarjejeniyar Adams-Onís ta yi sulhu a cikin 1819, lokacin da Spain ta ba da Florida ta Spain ga Amurka don amincewa da kogin Sabine a matsayin iyakar gabas na Texas Texas da yammacin iyakar Missouri.{Asar Amirka ta yi watsi da ikirari na ta a kan }asashen Spain da ke yammacin kogin Sabine, kuma suka shiga lardin Santa Fe de Nuevo México (New Mexico).A lokacin Yaƙin Meziko na Independence na 1810 zuwa 1821 Texas ta sami tashin hankali sosai.Shekaru uku bayan haka sojojin Republican na Arewa, wadanda suka hada da Indiyawa da na Amurka, sun hambarar da gwamnatin Spain a Tejas kuma suka kashe Salcedo.Mutanen Espanya sun amsa da rashin tausayi, kuma a shekara ta 1820 kasa da 'yan Hispanic 2000 sun kasance a Texas.Ƙungiyoyin 'yancin kai na Mexico sun tilasta Spain ta bar ikonta na New Spain a 1821, tare da Texas ta zama a cikin 1824 wani ɓangare na jihar Coahuila y Tejas a cikin sabuwar Mexico da aka kafa a cikin tarihin Texas da aka sani da Mexican Texas (1821-1836).Mutanen Espanya sun bar alama mai zurfi a Texas.Dabbobin su na Turai sun haifar da bazuwar a cikin ƙasa, yayin da manoma suke noma da ban ruwa, suna canza yanayin har abada.Mutanen Espanya sun ba da sunaye ga yawancin koguna, garuruwa, da larduna waɗanda suke a halin yanzu, kuma har yanzu ra'ayoyin gine-ginen Mutanen Espanya suna bunƙasa.Ko da yake Texas a ƙarshe ta karɓi yawancin tsarin shari'a na Anglo-Amurka, yawancin ayyukan shari'a na Spain sun tsira, gami da ra'ayoyin keɓancewar gida da dukiyar al'umma.