USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The presidios were built to house soldiers who protected settlers. The missions were founded to convert and educate the native peoples in the Spanish culture and religion. Spain’s rulers were strongly Catholic and were committed to the idea of converting others to the Catholic religion.

Detailed explanation-2: -Interactions with Native Americans: Spanish colonizers attempted to integrate Native Americans into Spanish culture by marrying them and converting them to Catholicism. Although some Native Americans adopted aspects of Spanish culture, others decided to rebel.

Detailed explanation-3: -The cultural goal of the Spanish clergy was nothing less than the full Christianization and Hispanization of the Filipino. In the first decades of missionary work, local religions were vigorously suppressed; old practices were not tolerated.

Detailed explanation-4: -2.6. As Bernabe(1987: 10) put it, “ Originally, the Crown had encouraged the clergy to preach the faith through the medium of the native languages in order to facilitate the transition from paganism to Christianity, but in the 16 the century, it reversed its position as stated in the Instructions to Governor Tello.”

Detailed explanation-5: -King Philip II’s Leyes de Indias (Laws of the Indies) mandated Spanish authorities in the Philippines to educate the natives, to teach them how to read and write in the Spanish language. However, the latter objective was difficult given the realities of the time.