FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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to teach Christianity to the Indians
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to protect the Indians from the French
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to teach Spanish customs to the Indians
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to help the Spanish hold their land.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The missions served as agencies of the Church and State to spread the faith to natives and also to pacify them for the State’s aims.
Detailed explanation-2: -The mission system involved three major institutions-the mission itself, the presidio, and the pueblo.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.