6.1 Spanish Settlements on the Frontier Saint Francis of Assisi founded a religious group known as the Franciscans. Many of these priests became missionaries. Some 400 years later, Franciscans came to Texas to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism.
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6.1 Spanish Settlements on the Frontier
Saint Francis of Assisi founded a religious group known as the Franciscans. Many of these priests became missionaries. Some
400 years later, Franciscans came to Texas to convert the Native Americans to
Catholicism.
The Mission System At first, the Spanish were the
only Europeans with settlements in North America.
But by the early 1600’s other nations had begun founding settlements.
Royal officials wanted to protect New Spain’s northern frontiers.
The Mission System Because few Spaniards lived in
these borderlands, the Spanish sent missionaries there to establish missions, or religious communities.
Spain used missions to convert Native Americans to Catholicism and eventually, to develop settlements in the borderlands – this system also represented the Spanish government in the borderlands.
The Mission System The Spanish built
missions near rivers to ensure a good water supply.
Missions usually included churches, dormitories, workrooms, barns, fields and gardens.
The Mission System The Spanish wanted the
Indians to live within the mission walls.
Missionaries taught the Indians about Catholicism and an agricultural way of life.
Many Indians helped build and maintain the missions.
The Mission System But many other Indians did not
want the missions build on their lands and opposed their way of life.
To protect the missions from attack, the Spanish usually built presidios, or military bases.
Soldiers in these forts were responsible for protecting several missions.
The Mission System When civilians came to the
borderlands, they usually built their settlements near missions and presidios.
Some of these civil settlements became small towns.
Farmers and merchants in these towns provided products and services for the missions and presidios.