USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -These missions contributed immensely to the development of the region by establishing industries such as weaving, iron work, and carpentry. These newly learned trades were the foundation of the economy in San Antonio and significantly shaped the Spanish-American frontier.

Detailed explanation-2: -The missions created new communities where the Native Americans received religious education and instruction. The Spanish established pueblos (towns) and presidios (forts) for protection. The natives lived in the missions until their religious training was complete.

Detailed explanation-3: -Diseases brought by Spanish missionaries killed many American Indians. American Indians were moved to the coast to make room for the missionaries. Fighting broke out among American Indians over trade with the missionaries. American Indians starved because buffalo were wiped out by the missionaries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The high rates of death inevitably destroyed tribal communities and tribal culture. The Mexican Secularization Act of 1833 granted only a few mission Indians land, but the vast majority of natives fled the missions and became an exploited laboring class on Spanish and Mexican ranchos across the State.