FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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The Native Americans grew to trust the missionaries.
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There was a lack of water at several locations.
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Priests were cruel to the Native Americans.
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The Tejas turned against the missionaries when their crops failed.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Tejas rejected the Catholic faith and resented the Spaniards’ attempts to change their way of life. Realizing there was no threat from France, the Spanish decided not to spend any more money supporting the missions so far from the Spanish settlements, so they abandoned the mission.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fails-due to disease, crop failures, and Indians becoming hostile. Father Hidalgo – asks French Catholic priests to come and hold services for converted Indians St. Denis sent to East Texas and was arrested and later released Presidios were built to protect the Missions.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. Mexican independence led to the final demise of California’s mission 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.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the end, the mission system was not politically strong enough to protect the Native Americans against the growing power of ranchers and other business interests that sought control over mission lands and the manpower represented by the Native Americans.