1. Spanish Mission System
Presidios were built to protect the missions and guard against French forces and Indians on the Spanish frontier
Spanish settlements grew near missions and presidios. They were built to make it harder for the French to take over Texas AND to give the Spanish soldiers’ families a place to live
Missions were built to spread the Catholic faith to Indians and to gain control of Texas
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2. Spanish Mission System
This chart gives the BASICS… look in your book for DETAILS!!
MISSIONS
PRESIDIOS
SETTLEMENTS
DEFINITION
A religious settlement
A Spanish military outpost
A community that grows up around a mission and presidio
PURPOSE
To teach the Natives the Spanish way of life and to convert them to Christianity
To protect the missions and settlements
To create Spanish towns in Texas and to provide a home for the soldiers’ families
INHABITANTS
Who lived there?
Spanish Catholic Friars (Priests)
Native American men and their families
Spanish Soldiers (worked there and lived in the settlements)
Spaniards
Native Americans
African Americans
Mestizos and Tejano(a)s
DAILY ACTIVITIES
Farming
Ranching
Crafts
Education
Scouting
Controlling the Native population
Patrolling
Farming
Ranching
Crafts and Trades
Fiestas
PROBLEMS
1. Native American
resentment
2. Some did not want to
stay at the missions
1. Danger
2. Low pay
3. Lack of support/supplies
from the government
1. Disease
2. No schools