they were forced to do as the missionary authority said
In most missions,the natives lived in the living quartars of the missions.
The Spanish took the natives land and kept them as slaves
Spain built missions in the early Americas to protect Spanish territory and convert the natives to Christianity (specifically Catholicism).
The Spanish Mission system started in 1718 with Mission San Antonio de Valero. Most spanish missions had the aim of converting the natives to christianity.
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.
Nativists dislike and distrust anyone who was not born in their country. They generally oppose immigration and favor natives in every way. They always take the natives' side in any dispute.
First off it should be What is a mission?A mission is a religious settlement where Natives were set to work and pray. The Spanish put them to work in the missions to convert the Natives to the catholic religion as they conquered more and more Native tribes.
They helped natives learn Christianity
britsh missions were on the south and the spanish were on the west
britsh missions were on the south and the spanish were on the west
Diseases from Europe that the Spanish were immune to affected and weakened the natives.
The Spanish soldiers took advantage of the natives who did not have horses like them.