FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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American Indians protected the missions
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American Indians ran away from the missions
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American Indians did not want to convert to Catholicism
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All American Indians converted to Catholicism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Annotation: As early as the late eighteenth century, the mission system had begun to decay. 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -By 1693, Santísimo Nombre de María mission had been washed away by Neches River flood waters and Father Massenet himself had burned San Francisco de los Tejas to the ground. The Spanish abandoned their efforts to establish missions in east Texas. Weary and discouraged, Franciscan friars walked home to Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was called San Francisco de los Tejas. In 1693, including drought, disease, and the Indians unwillingness to learn Christianity, the Spaniards burned the mission to the ground and fled to back to Mexico.
Detailed explanation-4: -The missions flourished between 1745 and the 1780s. Increasing hostility from the mission Indians’ traditional enemy, the Apache, and later the Comanche, coupled with inadequate military support, caused the communities to retreat behind walls. Disease reduced the native population, accelerating the missions’ decline.