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A presidio is a fortified base established by the Spanish in North America between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The fortresses were built to protect against pirates, hostile native Americans and enemy colonists. Other presidios were held by Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in Italy, on Elba and in North Africa. Later, with independence, the Mexicans garrisoned the Spanish presidios on the northern frontier and followed the same pattern in unsettled frontier regions like the Presidio de Sonoma, at Sonoma, California and the Presidio de Calabasas, in Arizona. A short distance outside a presidio, would be a rancho del rey, or king's farm, a tract of land assigned to it to furnish pasturage to the horses and other beasts of burden of the garrison
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What did the spanish colonies build to protect their colonies?
They built missions to protect the friars from unfriendly Indians.
What types of settlement did the Spanish create in New Spain?
The Spanish established 3 kinds of settlements in New Spain. Pueblos served as trading posts and sometimes as centers of government. Priests started missions to convert local American Indians to Catholicism. The Spanish also built presidios, or military bases, to protect towns and missions
What was Spain purpose in building the missions?
Spain built missions in the early Americas to protect Spanish territory and convert the natives to Christianity (specifically Catholicism).
How many catholic missions were built in California?
In California, a total of 21 Missions were built. See link:
What religion was at missions?
Missions were associated with Catholicism, as they were often established by Catholic missionaries to convert indigenous peoples to Christianity. The Spanish colonial empire, in particular, utilized missions in regions like California to spread their religious beliefs and control native populations.
What did the spanish build in the Americas?
They built colonies and missions.
Why was San Juan bautista built?
San Juan Bautista was built as a Spanish mission in 1797 in present-day California to spread Christianity to the native populations and colonize the region. It was part of the chain of 21 missions established by the Spanish in California.
What were the small religious communities built by the Spanish called?
Missions
Who built California missions?
many people think the spanish did but some think american indians did
Were all of the missions established in the 1700s?
The missions were built between 1769 in San Diego through 1823 in Sonoma
What were built by the Spanish to protect their colonies?
Caribbean
Why were the presidios built?
Presidios were built to protect the Spanish settlements from attack.
