MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TEST 4 STUDY GUIDE Flashcards
THE THREE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE MISSION SYSTEM WERE TO:
- CIVILIZE AND CHRISTIANIZE INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
- SHAPE INDIANS INTO SELF-SUFFICIENT SPANISH SUBJECTS
- EXTEND SPANISH INFLUENCE AND HOLD FRONTIER LANDS
MISSIONS SERVED AS MULTIFACETED INSTITUTIONS, SERVING AS:
- ECONOMIC CENTERS FOR AGRICULTURE AND TRADE
- POLITICAL OUTPOSTS OF SPANISH AUTHORITY
- SOCIAL AND CULTURAL MELTING POTS
- RELIGIOUS CENTERS FOR EVANGELIZATION
IN THE MISSION SYSTEM, THE SPANISH CIVILIZED AND CHRISTIANIZED THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION BY
INTRODUCING EUROPEAN CUSTOMS AND CATHOLIC FAITH AND ASSIMILATING NATIVES INTO SPANISH COLONIAL SOCIETY
IN THE MISSION SYSTEM, THE SPANISH WORKED TO MAKE THE INDIANS SELF-SUFFICIENT SPANISH SUBJECTS BY
TEACHING AGRICULTURAL AND CRAFT SKILLS AND SHAPING THEM INTO LOYAL, PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE EMPIRE
IN THE MISSION SYSTEM, THE SPANISH WORKED TO EXTEND SPANISH INFLUENCE AND HOLD FRONTIER LANDS BY
ESTABLISHING PHYSICAL SPANISH PRESENCE IN CONTESTED TERRITORIES AND CREATING BUFFER ZONES AGAINST FOREIGN ENCROACHMENT
MISSIONS WERE OF UNIQUE LEGAL STATUS, THEY WERE:
- PROPERTY OF BOTH CHURCH AND STATE
- STAFFED BY MISSIONARIES OF VARIOUS MONASTIC ORDERS
FRANCISCANS WERE:
MOST COMMON IN TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA
DOMINICANS WERE:
PRESENT IN SOME AREAS
JESUITS WERE:
ACTIVE UNTIL THEIR EXPULSION IN 1767
AUGUSTINIANS WERE:
LESS COMMON ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIER
FRIARS WERE:
TECHNICALLY EMPLOYEES OF THE SPANISH CROWN, HAVING THEIR SALARIES AND EXPENSES PAID BY ROYAL FUNDS
(SHOWING THE LACK OF SEPARATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE IN SPAIN)
MISSIONARIES REPRESENTED BOTH THE SPANISH STATE BY___________ AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BY ____________.
EXTENDING POLITICAL CONTROL; SPREADING RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE
THE DUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE MISSIONARIES OFTEN LED TO _____________and _______________ .
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND COMPLEX POWER DYNAMICS
