FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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Lack of adequate protection from the precidios
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Native American disinterest and disease
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Constant attacks from Native groups
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Lack of good water supply
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Detailed explanation-1: -Native American disinterest and disease were two factors in the failure of many missions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The missions created new communities where the Native Americans received religious education and instruction. The Spanish established pueblos (towns) and presidios (forts) for protection. The natives lived in the missions until their religious training was complete.
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: -What EFFECT did the missions have on the native Texas population? Many native groups moved to Mexico to get away. Diseases killed many of the native groups.