FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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Spain wanted to convert American Indians to Christianity
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Spain’s priests were dying off from diseases, and they needed someone to continue to spread Christianity
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Settlers became greedy from the discovery of gold and silver and needed to go to church to worship God
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Missionaries needed to fulfill their contracts as indentured servants
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Detailed explanation-1: -Spain wanted to establish similar communities throughout its new territories, creating Christian towns that would quickly be able to govern themselves. The Spanish crown sent both priests and soldiers to establish these communities.
Detailed explanation-2: -Much of the expressed goals of the spread of Catholicism was to bring salvation to the souls of the indigenous peoples. The Church and the Crown alike viewed the role and presence of the Church in the Americas as a buffer against the corrupt encomenderos and other European settlers.
Detailed explanation-3: -One part of the Spanish conquest of the Americas focused on religion: on their need to convert Native Americans to the one true religion. The Spanish viewed Indians as heathen savages who worshipped devils. Therefore, Indians would spend eternity suffering the tortures of hell unless they were saved.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Motivations for colonization: Spain’s colonization goals were to extract gold and silver from the Americas, to stimulate the Spanish economy and make Spain a more powerful country. Spain also aimed to convert Native Americans to Christianity.