USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A mission was a settlement set up in American Indian territory that aimed to spread Christianity to the Indians. Friars started these missions. Friars are members of the clergy who belong to religious groups called orders. They invited American Indians to live at the mission.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Christian mission is an organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith. Missions involve sending individuals and groups across boundaries, most commonly geographical boundaries, to carry on evangelism or other activities, such as educational or hospital work.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most important duty of missionaries to teach people about Jesus Christ, and His great commandment to love God and to love others. This means ensuring that their actions not only fulfill a need but also are sustained after they have left the community.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Alta California missions, known as reductions (reducciones) or congregations (congregaciones), were settlements founded by the Spanish colonizers of the New World with the purpose of totally assimilating indigenous populations into European culture and the Catholic religion.

Detailed explanation-5: -Perhaps the most lasting cultural impact of the missionaries has come through their contributions to Bible translation and education. By translating the Bible into the language of a non-European people, missionaries had to become pupils, learning the finer points of a local language from indigenous teachers.