1. Spanish Colonies on the Borderlands
3.5

2. Climate and Natural Resources
(Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California)
People farmed in pueblos
Native Americans farmed and built
Deserts, humid lowlands, mountains, and highlands

3. How did geography determine how they made a living
It was dry Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico not farmers
There was tons of oil oil riggers
tons of grassland herders
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4. Role of Religion Roman Catholics missionaries key role
Missions; priests Catholicism to Natives
Father Eusebio Francisco Kino

5. Role of Religion (con.) the missions in Texas
Spain began colonizing California 1769
Junipero Serra
Presidios defended the missions

6. Difficulties Natives Americans harshly treated Rebellion; death
not overworked and no control
Rebellion; death

7. Interactions with Native Americans
Native Americans: treated cruelly
Native Americans lived at Spanish missionaries
missionaries forced the Native Americans into labor
punished harshly if disobeying missionary's rules
Imprisoned, many kept in shackles and/or whipped

8. General Information of Interest
Presidios- military posts
Pueblos- civilian town public square in middle
Borderlands- meaning lands along a frontier
The Spanish- mean to their workers
work 5-8 hours a day
5-6 days a week
V Pueblo V
(To be continued)

9. Junipero Serra- missions San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
20 missions between 1769 and 1800
(Continued)

10. How did they govern themselves?
The Casa( The House of Trade)- created the merchants’ guild, had the right to trade with the New World.
Gradually lost power, some powers transferred to Ministry of Maine and the Indies.
Council of the Indies- dealt with specialized problems

11. Role of Education
Missionaries- the priests taught about Catholicism

12. Sources America: History of Our Nation Google Images
Historicaltextarchive.com
Scribd.com