USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What were “missions”?
A
places priests built to convert native people to Catholicism
B
expeditions to unknown places
C
goals of European monarchs to claim more lands
D
the way Spain organized shipments across the Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Information. President Spencer W. Kimball outlined the three major elements of the mission of the Church: proclaim the gospel, perfect the Saints, and redeem the dead.

Detailed explanation-3: -The missionaries of the different orders (Franciscans, Dominicans, Jesuits, Augustinians, etc.)

Detailed explanation-4: -In Rome, the Society of Jesus-a Roman Catholic missionary organization-receives its charter from Pope Paul III. The Jesuit order played an important role in the Counter-Reformation and eventually succeeded in converting millions around the world to Catholicism.

Detailed explanation-5: -The missions were established by Catholic priests of the Franciscan order to evangelize indigenous peoples backed by the military force of the Spanish Empire.

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