To protect the borderlands, to convert to Catholicism, and to make settlements.
pueblos,missions and presidios
1. To Christianize the Indians. 2. Because the Spanish were the first Europeans to settle California. 3. As a means for getting trade and culture to that part of the world.
The three main reasons for Spanish exploration were to find new trade routes to Asia, to spread Christianity to indigenous populations, and to expand Spanish territories and influence in the Americas.
Nick Shepherd caused all three of these.
The three parts of the Spanish mission system were presidios (forts), pueblos (towns), and missions (religious communities). Presidios were military bases to protect against attacks, pueblos were civilian towns for settled communities, and missions were religious outposts used to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
Europeans brought diseases , had weapons , and thousands of rebels helped the spanish conquer Tanochititlan .
Spanish law called for three kinds of settlements in the Americas: pueblos (towns), missions (religious outposts aimed at converting Indigenous peoples), and presidios (military forts). Pueblos served as civilian centers for Spanish settlers, while missions focused on religious conversion and cultural assimilation. Presidios were established to protect these settlements and maintain Spanish control over the territory. Together, these settlements formed the backbone of Spanish colonial administration in the New World.
because the Spanish had three things that the Aztecs didn't have, the art of surprise, wealth and a really tuff army....
They started missions, villages, ranches, towns. San Diego and most of the cities in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas were started and settled by the Spanish and Mexican people groups.
The US wanted to free Cuba.
Spanish colonies established three main types of settlements: pueblos, missions, and presidios. Pueblos served as civilian towns for settlers and Indigenous people, promoting agricultural and economic development. Missions were religious outposts aimed at converting Indigenous populations to Christianity and teaching them European agricultural practices. Presidios were military forts built to protect these settlements and maintain Spanish control over the territory, ensuring safety from potential threats.
to teach religion, to find wealth,to raise livestock