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The main reason for the Spanish settlers came to California was to consolidate the Spanish Empire. As usual by that time, the conquer procedures of a region where, take control of the Indians, convert them to Catholicism, and used Indian labor. To accomplish their purpose, a mission system was created. A total of 21 missions was built along the coast line of California, and with them, a nightmare for the American Indians.

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On Friday I had the honor to visit the historical Rancho Los Cerritos House; also known as Rancho Los Cerritos or Casa de los Cerritos, in Long Beach, California, it was the largest and most impressive adobe residence raised in southern California during the Mexican period. The structure of the house was built in 1844 by merchant Jonathan Temple, a Yankee pioneer who became a Mexican citizen. Los Cerritos means "the little hills" in English. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970. I wasn’t lucky enough to visit this phenomenal and historical place until I took advantage of my history assignment and I decided to visit Rancho Los Cerritos with the company of some of my friends. On a Friday morning we took the chance and we

In the 18th century, what is now California was populated mostly by Native Americans. Late in the century, Franciscan missions sponsored by Spain and the Roman Catholic church played an important role in establishing European settlement in the region. The Spaniards, who had already colonized parts of Mexico to the south, wanted to protect those colonies and extend their influence northward. The Roman Catholic church wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity. The mission system supported both goals. The first Franciscan mission in California (Mission San Diego de Alcalá) was established by Father Junípero Serra in what in now San Diego. Fifty-four years later in 1823, the Franciscans founded their last of 21 missions at San Francisco Solano. Each mission had an armed presidio to protect it. Each sought to teach the Native Americans both Christianity and European farming methods. Many of the mission churches remain today as living examples of

The Mission Santa Clara is a historical California site that is laid in the center of the Santa Clara University. In 1777, it established and founded by the Franciscan Order. The mission’s purpose was to be the sister mission to Mission Dolores that is in San Francisco. Due to Mexico withdrawing from the Spanish Empire, the King of Spain and his Viceroy, the ones sponsoring the missions, were no longer in power. The Mexican government didn’t have enough resources and was not interested to maintain and upkeep the distant missions, removing the Spanish Franciscans. With little funds, the mission perished slowly until the ownership of the mission was passed over to the Society of Jesus, also called the Jesuits, in 1851. They made Santa Clara college and today, Mission Santa Clara is used as a student chapel and opened to the public.

In the 1700s, the Spanish wanted to expand their culture and religion because they wanted their wealth and power to grow. They also wanted to settle where no other Europeans would settle. To keep out the Europeans, they stationed strong military services by these missionaries. From Spain, the Fathers were sent to Northern America, settling in California, to spread Christian practices.

    Moreover, the Carmel mission was founded in June of 1770 by Saint Junipero Serra. The mission was primarily built to convert natives, establish territory, and create stopping points along California. Native american tribes such as the Esselen and other Costanoan tribes were the main groups who lived in that area who

Spanish conquerors never considered colonizing California because the peninsula did not fulfill their ambitions, and there was not a place for harboring. In 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo leaded an expedition searching for the Strait of Anián in the northwest of America; in that occasion, Cabrillo sailed around the tip of Baja stopping for several occasions and finally landed in San Miguel Bay, now San Diego; then he claimed the land and its inhabitants as Spanish Crown propriety. Cabrillo's exploration unfortunately discovered that California was a place with a lack of gold and precious metals, so that was a reason to avoid other explorations for a long time. Adding to that, conquerors were discourage to explore California for the long and

Spanish colonization occured during 1781-1821. Spain wanted California to be considered their land and they had every intention of doing that. The Spanish started to build things such as missons which are permanent settlements and also presidios(forts). By building these structures the Spanish started to call California theirs. The first two missions built were in San Diego and Monterrey. It all started with Father Junipero Serra he was on a "sainted mission" and his goal was to convert the California native Americans into christians. By the time the Spanish were done there was 21 missions throughout California, they were made a days walk from each other. Of the 21 missions Father Junipero Serra found the first nine. Spanish exploration and settlement had a negative impact on California and California Indians because they lost their culture, were treated cruely, and the natives lost their land.

The mission after gaining government approval, like most of the others around it, was developed by Franciscans, but was constantly mobilized until it made it to its present location in 1731. Due to the lack of Spaniards to colonize the new six missions that served as a barrier, many Dominican, and Franciscan missionaries looking for spiritual satisfaction in the form of converts were allowed to develop the standing missions into towns, with the understanding that they would live as Spanish citizens. The mission was the organized to have the church standing in the center of the mission, and had workshops were the Indians were taught artisan skills, as well as storage buildings. On the mission lands you could expect to find cubicles in the convent that surrounded the church, housing units along the perimeter wall for the Indians; as well orchards, crop fields, and livestock that would help support the growing Franciscan village.

Mission San Buenaventura is an historical mission. Mission San Buenaventura is the most popular mission out of all 21 missions. Mission San Buenaventura was founded on on March 31,1782. The founder of this mission was Miguel Serra. Mission San Buenaventura was nicknamed “Mission by the Sea,” and the reason the Native Chumash nicknamed it that is because there were whaling ships near by.

The Spanish Colonial Era lasted from 1521 to 1898. To begin with, a system of missions and presidios, designed to spread Christianity and to establish control over the region were built. The missions were managed by friars from the order of St. Francis, and were placed in lands that had been home to Native Americans for thousands of years. The missionaries hoped to spread Christianity and the Spanish culture to native groups. Also, presidios were the missions’ secular counterpart. The earliest were small garrisons of Spanish soldiers who protected travel along roadways. In addition, towns began to grow around the presidios and the missions, the presidios’ role evolved into protecting not only roads, but also the developing Spanish missions

Once an area had been conquered, it was separated into encomiendas and covered in representations of their new faith including numerous catholic visual reminders. The natives were continually surrounded and questioned about their faith. Missions were established to create peaceful Indians and the Jesuit missionaries were the most behind it. The establishment of Christian missions aligned with the colonizing efforts of European powers such as Spain, France and Portugal. Indigenous people were hardly considered human beings. Spanish missions also shaped massive population decline, food shortages, and increased labor demands.

Christmas bells ring at the church across the way from the houses a windows shine with the fire inside. The large oak door is closing and a sting of cold is momentarily fills the room. The smell as well as taste of smoked ham and potatoes fills the area next to the table’s banquet. Food is piled on platters on the long table with many chairs lining the sides. Walls are covered with strings of popcorn and cranberries. Doorways are arched with mistletoe. A magnificent evergreen tree sits in one corner and a fire crackles by it. Two plates on the hearth are covered in carrots, cookies, and and a glass of milk. On the roof a red sleigh descends with bags full with toys and treats. He slides down the chimney and down below children wait

While the movie “The Mission” is placed around the year 1750 AD, the Jesuit organization had been working long before that having been founded in 1534 AD by an ex-soldier turned Spanish priest named Ignatius de Loyola. In their beginning, the Jesuits were traveling priests spreading the word, as we see in “The Mission” when Gabriel’s mission went to the Guarani and taught them about Christianity. In some places they were seen as threats to a person's religion and land (since the Europeans usually followed close behind them), and in some places they were seen as teachers and scientists. Regardless of what a land thought of them, the Jesuits went wherever they could to spread Christianity and many of them lost their lives in painful ways.