FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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They were forts filled with soldiers who would protect the settlements
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They were religious outposts built to convert natives to the Spanish culture
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout the colonial period, the missions Spain established would serve several objectives. The first would be to convert natives to Christianity. The second would be to pacify the areas for colonial purposes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main goal of the California missions was to convert Native Americans into devoted Christians and Spanish citizens. Spain used mission work to influence the natives with cultural and religious instruction.
Detailed explanation-3: -Aside from spiritual conquest through religious conversion, Spain hoped to pacify areas that held extractable natural resources such as iron, tin, copper, salt, silver, gold, hardwoods, tar and other such resources, which could then be exploited by investors.
Detailed explanation-4: -They believed that they were given the divine right and responsibility of Christianizing as many parts of the world as possible. Missionaries themselves were motivated by the desire to construct the Americas as the site of pure Christianity.
Detailed explanation-5: -The goal of the Franciscan missions was to spread the Christian faith to the people of the New World through “word and example". Spreading Christianity to the newly discovered continent was a top priority, but only one piece of the Spanish colonization system.