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Whom did the French and Spanish send to North America to convert Native Americans to Catholicism?
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Which religion did spanish and portuguese colonist bring to the Americans?
Christianity, more specifically, Catholicism.
Why did the Spaniards want to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism?
In the northeastern United States and Canada, it was primarily French missionaries who worked among the Native Americans. In the west and southwest, including Mexico, it was mainly Spanish missionaries who had the task.
Why did native Americans in New Mexico resist the spanish?
is this a question from ur history/english class. i have the same exact question.
What did french missionaries do to earn the friendship of Native Americans?
They went to Mississippi River Valley to convert Native Americans to Catholicism but did not try to change their customs.
What was the main purpose of the Spanish mission the barrier islands?
Convert the Indians to Catholicism
What was the main purpose of spanish missions in the barrier islands?
Convert the Indians to Catholicism
What did the Spanish colonist build in the Americas to help convert people to Catholicism?
Missions
What is true of Spanish colonial settlements in what are now the southeast and southwest US?
It is true there were several Spanish colonial settlements in what is now the southeast and southwest US. The Spanish Missions in America were suppose to convert the indigenous people to Catholicism.
Some French missionaries attempted to convert Native Americans t?
catholicism .... :P apex
Who did the Spanish seek to convert?
Native Americans
What missions were used for?
Missions are used to convert Native-Americans to Christianity. In the US southwest, Spanish missions were usually devoted to converting Native Americans to Catholicism.
Three reasons why the spanish located their missions where they did?
To protect the borderlands, to convert to Catholicism, and to make settlements.
