coronado lead a mission in 1540 looking for gold, and landed in the southwest. later in 1598, onate came with a group of Mexicans and claimed land, naming it Mexico City.
coronado lead a mission in 1540 looking for gold, and landed in the southwest. later in 1598, onate came with a group of Mexicans and claimed land, naming it Mexico City.
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.
The Franciscans were the first to establish missions in New Mexico
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A presidio, in the case of the California missions, were homes for the soldiers. That was why so many presidios were near the missions. To guard the padres living in the missions, the soldiers could simply go over and defend the priests.a fort or military establishmentA garrison, especially a fortress of the kind established in the southwest United States by the Spanish to protect their holdings and missions
The Spanish conquistadores explored the Southwest of what would become the US in the 1500s but did not establish permanent settlements. The first permanent settlement, St. Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1565 by the Spanish.
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Pueblos grew up around the Spanish missions because they wanted to be protected from enemies or invaders
The Franciscan order, primarily, were the missionaries who established many missions in the Southwest and in Florida. They frequently traveled with the Spanish conquistadors for that purpose. The Jesuits also established a number of missions in the Southwest. Padre Kino was a Jesuit who established a number of Missions in California. Padre Junipero Serra was a Franciscan who also established missions in the Southwest U.S.
Spanish missions were never established in Georgia. The mission system was established in the southwest and western regions of the United States in the 1700's.
Yes in the Southwest and California.
.Catholic AnswerBecause the Spanish government was Catholic and believed in the Christian message.
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.
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The Franciscans were the first to establish missions in New Mexico
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Missions are used to convert Native-Americans to Christianity. In the US southwest, Spanish missions were usually devoted to converting Native Americans to Catholicism.