Chapter 6 section 1 Flashcards
What was the purpose of missions?
Protect Northern borders
What are missions?
Religious communities
What started the Spanish colonial period?
the 1st Spanish in Texas
What were 2 purposes of missions?
Convert Native Americans to Catholicism and to create a presence in Texas
Where did Spanish build their missions?
By good water supply
Each mission usually included what?
A church, dormitories, workrooms,barns, fields, and gardens
Many thought Indians would become what?
Spanish citizens
American Indians helped do what with missions
Build and maintain them
What are presidios?
Military bases
Some settlements became what?
Small towns
What did some people live on?
Ranchos
what are ranchos
Ranches
Who did they build missions by?
The pueblo Indians
The Spanish tried to make the pueblo Indians do what or them?
Make them food
The Spanish tried to stop the Pueblo Indians from doing what?
practicing their tradition religious beliefs
