FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Lack of food and supplies
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The Natives were not interested in changing their way of life
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Soldiers didn’t like defending them
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There weren’t enough Presidios to defend them
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most of the missions, however, failed due to diseases, native hostility, inner turmoil and flooding. During the establishment of a mission, work consisted of building houses and digging irrigation ditches. When Mission San Antonio de Valero was first built religious services were held in a hut.
Detailed explanation-2: -Spanish missions were explicitly established for the purpose of religious conversion and instruction in the Catholic faith. However, the mission system actually served as the primary means of integrating Indians into the political and economic structure of Florida’s colonial system.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did the mission system affect the ways of life of California Indians? Mission Indians could no longer practice their own beliefs, lost freedom, and began to farm more than hut their food.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cabeza had a goal to settle Texas and befriend…show more content… Third, the Spanish failed to plan for the hostility of the Comanche and Apache Indians living in the area. Thus, the difficult geography, the weak missions, and hostile Indians were the main causes of the near failure of the Spanish colonies in Texas.