FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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The ____ was mainly when SPAIN built SETTLEMENTS and COMMUNITIES in the NEW WORLD through the MISSION SYSTEM.
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Age of Contact
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Spanish Colonial Era
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Conflicts of Empire
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Mexican National Era
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The three kinds of settlements in New Spain were pueblos, presidios, and missions.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The first would be to convert natives to Christianity. The second would be to pacify the areas for colonial purposes. A third objective was to acculturate the natives to Spanish cultural norms so that they could move from mission status to parish status as full members of the congregation.
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