USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The general purpose of the missions was to “reduce” or congregate the often nomadic tribes into a settlement, convert them to Christianity, and teach them crafts and agricultural techniques.

Detailed explanation-3: -In all, 26 missions were established and maintained in Texas with greatly varying results. The goal was to establish autonomous Christian towns with communal property, labor, worship, political life, and social relations supervised by the missionaries.

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: -The role of missionaries was primarily to replace indigenous religions with Christianity, which facilitated integration of the native populations into the Spanish colonial societies.