FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Priests
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Soldiers
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Indians
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Farmers
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Detailed explanation-1: -PRESIDIOS were built by Spain to protect the Missions. People living in the Missions were religious officials such as fathers, monks. Native Texans also lived in the missions and were used as servants.
Detailed explanation-2: -The government of New Spain settled the northern borderlands of Mexico and present-day Texas with missions, frontier communities, and presidios. Presidios were colonial frontier military settlements intended to secure and defend Spain’s claim to territories occupied by indigenous populations.
Detailed explanation-3: -In general, presidios featured high, sturdy walls that surrounded buildings for troops, equipment, animals, arms, and government officials. Around the fort, small towns would often develop. These consisted of of ranchers, craftsmen, priests, and other people whose work could benefit the fort.
Detailed explanation-4: -A presidio is a Spanish military fort. Presidios in the western U.S. were built by Spanish colonizers to protect territory they had claimed.