USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The missions served as agencies of the Church and State to spread the faith to natives and also to pacify them for the State’s aims.

Detailed explanation-2: -Much of the expressed goals of the spread of Catholicism was to bring salvation to the souls of the indigenous peoples. The Church and the Crown alike viewed the role and presence of the Church in the Americas as a buffer against the corrupt encomenderos and other European settlers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first would be to convert natives to Christianity. The second would be to pacify the areas for colonial purposes. A third objective was to acculturate the natives to Spanish cultural norms so that they could move from mission status to parish status as full members of the congregation.

Detailed explanation-4: -In many cases, the Spanish missionaries led the settlement and early government of these remote outposts. Spanish missionaries were people who were sent by the Roman Catholic Church and the Spanish royal authorities to other lands to convert people to Christianity.

Detailed explanation-5: -Their goal was to claim land and resources for their investors and conquer natives of other lands for treasure and glory. They also were vital in the spread and enforcement of religion.