FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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to convert local natives to the Spanish culture and religion
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to establish Spain’s control over the seven cities of gold
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to protect the Spanish settlements in Texas
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None of these answers are correct
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Spanish Missions’ goal was to introduce the native people to the Spanish colonial empire, their Catholic religion, and their Hispanic culture. Franciscan Catholic priests wanted to build Christian towns where property, labor, worship, political life, and social relations were all supervised by the missionaries.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first would be to convert natives to Christianity. The second would be to pacify the areas for colonial purposes. A third objective was to acculturate the natives to Spanish cultural norms so that they could move from mission status to parish status as full members of the congregation.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Known today as The Alamo, this Spanish mission complex was the first of the San Antonio missions founded to convert the local American Indians to Christianity.