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Spanish missionaries, or the priests who ran Spanish missions in the Americas, taught the Spanish language and the customs of Catholicism to the natives of the American continents. The missionaries provided education in the areas of language and reading as well as religion to the natives. They also claimed to provide spiritual guidance in the catholic fashion for the purpose of redeeming the souls of the natives. The missionaries spread important aspects of the Spanish culture, such as language and religion, into the native culture of the Americas.

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