To expand their influence through hostile territory (i.e. inhabited by Native American tribes). Most presidios were fortified outposts with military garrisons.
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When Francisco Vazquez de Coronado first explored these lands, on 1542. The first Spanish settlements on New Mexico was the San Juan de los Caballeros colony, founded by Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate in 1598.
Hernan Cortes -also known as Hernando Cortes- subdued the Aztecs, destroyed Tenochtitlan, built Mexico City, and claimed Mexico for the Spanish colony of New Spain. Hope I helped..
it had been a fortified location since September 17, 1776, when New Spain established it to gain a foothold on Alta California and the San Francisco Bay. It passed to Mexico, which in turn passed it to the United States in 1848
the spanish found a pleasent place
Presidios are garrisoned forts or military posts. They were established by the Spanish in areas under their control. Presidios are located in Italy, North Africa, and Greece. They are also located in the US states of Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas and in the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, and Sonora.
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
they built with methods used by the native pueblo but changed them to look more like spanish buildings.
Presidios are garrisoned forts or military posts. They were established by the Spanish in areas under their control. Presidios are located in Italy, North Africa, and Greece. They are also located in the US states of Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas and in the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, and Sonora.
spain built presidios to convert the indains
New Mexico is not Spanish. New Mexico translated in to Spanish is "Nuevo Mexico"
Outposts established by the Spanish were called missions. These were established in California and New Mexico. They usually had churches in them. The military barracks that often accompanied the missions were called Presidios.
New Mexico
they built with methods used by the native pueblo but changed them to look more like spanish buildings.
they built with methods used by the native pueblo but changed them to look more like spanish buildings.
most of the people in New Mexico speak Spanish because a lot of people are from Mexico and people from mexico speak Spanish all the time.
It was built in New Mexico.