FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Spread religion & gain more wealth
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Spread their wealth
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It was a business venture
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To gain more living space for its citizens to live
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Detailed explanation-1: -Motivations for colonization: Spain’s colonization goals were to extract gold and silver from the Americas, to stimulate the Spanish economy and make Spain a more powerful country. Spain also aimed to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
Detailed explanation-2: -The missions were set up to spread Christianity to the local Native Americans in Alta California, but they also served to cement Spain’s claim to the area. From the beginning of Spanish colonization of America, religion played both a spiritual and political role, and was a major piece of Spain’s New World empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -Religious missionaries to Spain’s colonies taught the Christian faith and maintained the people’s loyalty to the King. During Florida’s first Spanish colonial era (1513-1763), Catholic friars and priests founded over 100 missions in the southeast region of North America.
Detailed explanation-4: -Spain had three objectives in its policy toward the Philippines, its only colony in Asia: to acquire a share in the spice trade, to develop contacts with China and Japan in order to further Christian missionary efforts there, and to convert the Filipinos to Christianity.