The Mission system was a virtual slavery. The Indians were forced to work for the Missions & land owners in the area.
The Mission system was a virtual slavery. The Indians were forced to work for the Missions & land owners in the area.
missions changed the way of life for native Americans by putting them under slave conditions or the two choices of Convert or die.
it was hard for the native americans beacause the spanish soldiers were unkind to them.
The enslaved them
Missions not only almost completely obliterated the religion and way of life of the Native Americans, it also changed the way they thought and the generally natural psyche that they had possessed before. It was also this change that drove them from their homes and led them to their fall later on.
The arrival of the Europeans.
Introduction of the horse by the Spaniards
the horse.
Introduction of the horse by the Spaniards
Introduction of the horse by the Spaniards
the Indians had to work hard The Native Americans had to work agenst their will for the spanish
Generally all of the missions mistreated the Native Americans living at the mission or in the area. They were forced to work at misson, not allowed to practice their customs, not allowed to speak their language, and to convert to the Catholic religion. Mass graves have been found at the missions that contain Native American bodies. It was not a good life for the Native Americans.