USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Spanish built missions near rivers to ensure a good water supply. Missions included churches, dormitories, workrooms, barns, fields, and gardens. Missionaries taught the Indians about Catholicism, and taught them how to farm.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Spanish built missions throughout the southern parts of what is now the United States. The missions stretched from California to Florida and Georgia. The most well-known missions were those in California.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Spanish built missions near rivers to ensure a good water supply. Each mission usually included a church, dormitories, workrooms, barns, fields, and gardens. The Spanish wanted local American Indians to live within the mission walls.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Spanish missions were built near rivers or other important bodies of water. It was important for the missions to be located near water so that the people had easy access to stay hydrated as well as a mode of transportation to receive food and supplies.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Spanish established pueblos (towns) and presidios (forts) for protection. The natives lived in the missions until their religious training was complete. Then, they would move to homes outside of the missions.