USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following was a NEGATIVE effect of the Spanish missions in Texas? Diseases brought by Spanish missionaries killed many American Indians. American Indians were moved to the coast to make room for the missionaries.

Detailed explanation-2: -The high rates of death inevitably destroyed tribal communities and tribal culture. The Mexican Secularization Act of 1833 granted only a few mission Indians land, but the vast majority of natives fled the missions and became an exploited laboring class on Spanish and Mexican ranchos across the State.

Detailed explanation-3: -Despite being affected before the introduction of missions, the buildings allowed rodents to infiltrate living areas and spread disease more rapidly. Some of the most common diseases were typhus, measles and smallpox. Many natives were living in cramped spaces with poor hygiene and poor nutrition.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some critics have charged that the Spanish mission system forced Native Americans into slavery and prostitution, comparing the missions to “concentration camps.” Additionally, Spanish missionaries brought diseases with them that killed untold thousands of natives.

Detailed explanation-5: -Spanish ranching as it was practiced in Texas formed the basis for the American cattle industry, which drew many of its original cattle from the mission herds. The Spanish also brought to the San Antonio valley a specialized method of farming that used irrigation.