FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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To make sure Mr. Sauter has plenty of Chick-fil-a to eat
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Help tend the farms in the missions
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protect the missions and patrol for Native Americans
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Teach Native Americans the Spanish way of life.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The native converts were known as “neophytes.” After they were baptized, they were expected to perform labor. Typically, men worked in the fields, and women cooked. Both learned Spanish and attended church. Farming was an especially important job in the mission community.
Detailed explanation-2: -The missions served as agencies of the Church and State to spread the faith to natives and also to pacify them for the State’s aims.
Detailed explanation-3: -There they were taught Spanish as well as the tenets of their new religion and trained in skills that would equip them for their new lives: brickmaking and construction, raising cattle and horses, blacksmithing, weaving, tanning hides, etc.
Detailed explanation-4: -Established between 1718 and 1731, these missions were built not only to spread the faith of the conquistadors, but also to serve multiple foreign policy objectives for the Spanish government.