Spanish missions in California

The spanish missions in California comprise a series of 21 religious outposts; established by Catholic priests of the Franciscan order between 1769 and 1833, to expand Christianity among the Native Americans northwards into what is today the U.S. state of California. The missions were part of a major effort by the Spanish Empire to extend colonization into the most northern and western parts of Spain's North American claims. The missionaries introduced European fruits, vegetables, cattle, horses

The significance of the missions in California was its influence on the Native Americans, economic purposes, and as one of the ways to secure Spanish territory. During the time, the presence of the British and the Russians in California was increasing. The Spanish felt that one of countries would try to capture California. With the increasing threat, the Spanish wanted a way to establish their presence in California and at the same time the Catholic Church wanted to convert Native Americans. The

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

B. Mission-Presidio System The mission-presidio system was a settlement set up by the Spanish, the role of these missions was to transform Native Americans into christians and civilize them. This system was brought to California in the 1700s by the Spanish. This settlement had been used by the Spaniards before to protect Spain’s interest and to colonize in other places which they had already done in Texas for example, Baja California, Mexico and as far as Guatemala. The intent of the missions

The expansion of the Spanish Empire is credited to Christopher Columbus who reached America in 1492, after many failed attempts (Torrecilla). Two years later, the pope decided to divide the world between Spain and Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas, demonstrating the large amount of power the Catholic church had during this time period (Torrecilla). As the exploration continued, many migrated into the new discovered lands seeking to test their luck elsewhere.The Spanish largely expanded their

12/08/16 Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana I visited the San Fernando mission on Nov 29, 2016 .The visit to the mission was one of the best experiences that I encountered. It was an exposure to a lot of details and helped me understand and reconnect with the past historical events and moments that we were studying throughout the semester. The San Fernando mission was the 17th mission founded by father juniper Serra. It was built to fill the gap between the mission San Buenaventura and the mission San

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. Our very first missions was established by Father Junipero Serra. He helped establish missions such as the San Diego

discuss the impact Spanish colonization and Mexican control had on the indigenous Indian population in California between 1769 and 1848. As well as discussing the historical origins, social organizations, material conditions, and world-view of the California Indians prior to 1769, this paper will explain the impact of New Spain’s Mission System on the Alta California Indian population between 1769 to 1821 and the response of its system by the Indians. Before the Americans and the Spanish there were many

vital the missions were to the military in California in the 19th century. Since the military in California received little to no support during the Mexican revolution against Spain, and suffered more after Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821. In particular, Mission San Jose was expected to furnish food to the military presidios as a way of preventing famines. In fact this had been established in the 1770’s with the Reglamento, It is also important to note that in Spanish California at this

the history of conquest throughout the lives of California Mission Indians. The California Mission Indian’s first account of colonial violence was physical violence through corporal punishment. Miranda provides evidence to expose corporal punishment with the use of descriptions and pictures