USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -SPANISH MISSIONS The main Spanish missions were built on the barrier islands off the coast of Georgia were to convert the Native Americans to the Catholic faith, a branch of Christianity. This would allow the Spanish to settle and colonize the region and help future trade and exploration efforts.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first would be to convert natives to Christianity. The second would be to pacify the areas for colonial purposes. A third objective was to acculturate the natives to Spanish cultural norms so that they could move from mission status to parish status as full members of the congregation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spanish Missions In Georgia, Spanish Franciscan monks established missions in a region they called Guale after the dominant native people in the area.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spanish explorers and missionaries entered Georgia in the early 1500s. European contact made a dramatic impact on the American Indians. European missionaries attempted to convert the natives to their religion. They also brought diseases that wiped out a large portion of the native population.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Spanish missions in Georgia comprised a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics in order to spread the Christian doctrine among the Guale and various Timucua peoples in southeastern Georgia.