SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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Question
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to convert First Nations people to Catholics
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to take care of the filles du roi
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to clear the land
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to help the fur trade
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Detailed explanation-1: -With the colonization of the New World, Jesuits established missions throughout Latin America to win converts among the indigenous peoples. Jesuits were also among the first missionaries to East Asia of modern times, contributing to the spread of Catholicism around the globe.
Detailed explanation-2: -A missionary is a member of a religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.
Detailed explanation-3: -The missionaries of the different orders (Franciscans, Dominicans, Jesuits, Augustinians, etc.)
Detailed explanation-4: -The most important duty of missionaries to teach people about Jesus Christ, and His great commandment to love God and to love others. This means ensuring that their actions not only fulfill a need but also are sustained after they have left the community.
Detailed explanation-5: -Father JunÃpero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan missionary, founds the first Catholic mission in California on the site of present-day San Diego. After Serra blessed his new outpost of Christianity in a high mass, the royal standard of Spain was unfurled over the mission, which he named San Diego de Alcala.