USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Daily life in missions included all of the following EXCEPT
A
Learning trades
B
Attending prayer services
C
Farming
D
Defending settlements
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The mission system involved three major institutions-the mission itself, the presidio, and the pueblo.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Mission is a targeted task, or group of tasks performed as assigned by superiors. A Colony is a location populated by people to further the goals of a country … regardless how far away that country is. A settlement is a home, established by free individuals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Missionaries kept busy throughout their long days, offering their work as a small sacrifice to God. Most missionaries belonged to mendicant orders, who, unlike Jesuits, took the vow of poverty. Most lived by begging, but in the Americas the Crown granted each one a yearly stipend to purchase needed goods.

Detailed explanation-4: -A presidio protected a mission. Presidios were forts that offered safety from unfriendly American Indians. They also helped control the American Indians in the missions. Soldiers from the presidio caught American Indians who ran away from the mission.

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