'Spanish Missions in California'

'In the tardily 1700s, Spain cute its source and wealth to grow. It as well as wanted to maintenance other European countries out of their dirt. create settlements along the swoop would divine service them remove-to doe with these goals. The missions were earn by the Spanish in 1769 in post to colonize the rule they had claimed in Alta calcium. in that respect had been various things discussed end-to-end the years regarding what to do with this territory still nothing was forever done and it was overly hard grasp the coast of Alta California from Mexico. The Spanish might finally indomitable to do something with the territory when he perceive rumors that Russian skin trappers were moving farther and farther ware the Coast from their subaltern camps in Alaska and were rumored to have been seen near expose day San Francisco in 1760. Spain did send a a couple of(prenominal) settlers to help apply a colony further very few people wanted to make the trip.\n Missionaries wanted to convert the Indians to the papist Catholic faith. By 1823 there were 21 missions. The Spanish settlers create forts and towns nearby. The Spanish utilize forts to protect the missions. The missions were built in places where there was fresh water, abounding soil, and resources for building and farming. Missions vary enormously in their economic and unearthly success. Some missions could not support themselves, and others flourished and certain very juicy fields and broad herds of cattle. In pursuance to introduce twain Catholicism and European methods of agriculture, the missions encouraged the Indians to establish their settlements close by, where the priests could own them religious culture and supervise their labor, thereof colonizing the territory.\nIndians did much of the break down to build missions. The get-go missions were built of woodwind instrument and later adobe was utilise to build missions. At kickoff the Indians came by choi ce, the Missionaries used strategic tactic to get Indians to line up to the missions and often offered gifts. As the mission strategy ... '