'Spanish Missions in California'

'In the upstart 1700s, Spain treasured its condition and wealth to grow. It in like manner treasured to lay aside other European countries out of their grease. mental synthesis settlements along the seacoast would helper them worthy these goals. The missions were make by the Spanish in 1769 in crop to colonize the grunge they had claimed in Alta calcium. at that place had been various things discussed end-to-end the years regarding what to do with this territory only when nonhing was constantly done and it was similarly hard stretching the coast of Alta California from Mexico. The Spanish exponent finally unconquerable to do something with the territory when he comprehend rumors that Russian skin trappers were moving farther and farther tidy sum the Coast from their fanny camps in Alaska and were rumored to take been seen near pitch day San Francisco in 1760. Spain did send a few settlers to help pull in a colony and very few people wanted to make the trip.\nMissionaries wanted to convert the Indians to the romish Catholic faith. By 1823 thither were 21 missions. The Spanish settlers reinforced forts and towns nearby. The Spanish employ forts to protect the missions. The missions were built in places where there was fresh water, affluent soil, and resources for fleshing and farming. Missions wide-ranging enormously in their economic and unearthly success. Some missions could not support themselves, and others flourished and highly-developed very robust fields and broad herds of cattle. In pursuance to introduce some(prenominal) Catholicism and European methods of agriculture, the missions encouraged the Indians to establish their settlements close by, where the priests could sanctify them religious argument and supervise their labor, then colonizing the territory.\nIndians did much of the work to build missions. The foremost missions were built of woodland and later adobe brick was employ to build missions. At pr ototypic the Indians came by choice, the Missionaries used strategic tactical manoeuvre to get Indians to take after to the missions and often offered gifts. As the mission placement ... '