California Missions
Why did Spain send explorers to California in the late 1700s?
Why did the Spanish create missions in California?
Describe what life was like for California Indians at the missions. Give details and evidence to support your answer.
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Pueblos
Missions
Colony
Presidios
Settlements with the goal of spreading religion.
Spanish towns that grew food for the soldiers.
Military forts where Spanish soldiers lived.
Land controlled by another nation.
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Performing religious ceremonies.
Tending the crops and animals.
Return escaped California Indians to the missions.
Keep Spanish citizens safe from danger.
Baptize California Indians.
Building the missions buildings.
California Indians
Spanish Missionaries
Spanish Soldiers
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One of the goals of the Spanish missionaries was to ______ the California Indians to Catholicism.
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The Kumeyyay people led a ____ at Mission San Diego, during which the church burned down.
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California Indians are the ____ people of California.
What were some of the effects that occurred because the Spanish introduced a pastoral economy?
When Mexico gained its independence from Spain, what was the new type of government they established?
Some people wanted to secularize the missions. What does that mean?
What did people need in order to apply for a land grant? Check all that apply: