USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout the colonial period, the missions Spain established would serve several objectives. The first would be to convert natives to Christianity.

Detailed explanation-2: -In many cases, the Spanish missionaries led the settlement and early government of these remote outposts. Spanish missionaries were people who were sent by the Roman Catholic Church and the Spanish royal authorities to other lands to convert people to Christianity.

Detailed explanation-3: -They believed that they were given the divine right and responsibility of Christianizing as many parts of the world as possible. Missionaries themselves were motivated by the desire to construct the Americas as the site of pure Christianity.

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: -The Spanish established pueblos (towns) and presidios (forts) for protection. The natives lived in the missions until their religious training was complete. Then, they would move to homes outside of the missions.