FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
The Tejanos and Mestizos destroyed the missions and took over the Spanish colonies in Texas
|
|
|
French soldiers formed an alliance with American Indians in Texas and destroyed most of the missions and presidios in Texas
|
|
|
Most American Indians were not interested in mission life or converting to Catholicism and the missions were to costly for the Spanish King and Queen to maintain
|
|
|
The Viceroy recommended that the missions be shut down due to the increased immigration to Texas province
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Missions received less aid from the Spanish government and few Spanish were willing to become mission priests. In increasing numbers Indians deserted and mission buildings fell into disrepair. Mexican independence led to the final demise of California’s mission system.
Detailed explanation-2: -Missionaries are people who try to spread their religion. The Spanish missionaries wanted to get Native Americans to practice Roman Catholicism (a branch of Christianity). The Spanish built missions throughout the southern parts of what is now the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why was the Spanish mission to convert Native Americans to Christianity ultimately unsuccessful? The Native Americans did not trust the Spanish because the Spaniards had a history of trying to enslave them. War with other colonists prevented the Spanish from focusing their resources on converting Native Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.