USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Spanish missions in South America comprise a series of Jesuit Catholic religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics in order to spread the Christian doctrine among the local natives.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mission Nombre de Dios was the first Spanish mission established in North America. It was founded on the same day as Saint Augustine, Florida, in 1565. The mission system then spread throughout northeastern Florida and into coastal Georgia. Many of these missions served the Timucua Native Americans.

Detailed explanation-3: -For Hispanics, New Mexico, Arizona, and California were the “Spanish Far North.” The “mission", as the Spanish crown understood it, was the self-imposed task to Christianize and civilize the native populations.

Detailed explanation-4: -The missions created by members of Catholic orders were often located on the outermost borders of the colonies. The missions facilitated the expansion of the Spanish empire through the religious conversion of the indigenous peoples occupying those areas.