It was called El Camino Real.
Mexico.
Of course it does. It is the home of the Spanish Missions and later a part of the Republic of Mexico.
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It wasn't the "Spanish people" but the priests that were with the explorers. Missions were created from South America, Mexico, and through the southwestern sections and western North America.
The Franciscans were the first to establish missions in New Mexico
Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona
In Mexico the Spanish word for Spanish is Español.
Mexico had won the 11-year war and they were now in charge of the Spanish. They decided to shut the missions down because Mexico was in charge now.
That is Santa Fe, which is in New Mexico, USA.
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Because Mexico was conquered and colonised by the Spanish
Misiones (Spanish for missions). Most towns and cities with Spanish names found in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas started as small religious missions to convert the Native Americans found in such lands. One example of such religious buildings is the Santa Clara Mission, established in 1777 in Santa Clara, California (now in the middle of Silicon Valley).