USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Missionaries themselves were motivated by the desire to construct the Americas as the site of pure Christianity. Many clergy ventured to the Americas to preach what they felt was a purer form of Christianity, and to redeem the souls of the indigenous peoples.

Detailed explanation-2: -Throughout the colonial period, the missions Spain established would serve several objectives. The first would be to convert natives to Christianity.

Detailed explanation-3: -In many cases, the Spanish missionaries led the settlement and early government of these remote outposts. Spanish missionaries were people who were sent by the Roman Catholic Church and the Spanish royal authorities to other lands to convert people to Christianity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Contents. The California missions began in the late 18th century as an effort to convert Native Americans to Catholicism and expand European territory. There were 21 missions in all, lasting from 1769 until about 1833.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Catholic Church ran over half of the residential schools in Canada. More than 150, 000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were forced to attend the government-funded schools between the 1870s and 1997.