Spanish missions in California

in a California Mission: The Journals of Jean François De La Pérouse gives an insight into the lives of Native Americans during the 18th century from a European perspective. This was a period referred as “Age of Discovery” since most people, cultures and societies, who dominated unexplored regions of the world, were now being discovered. In the same period, 1769 – 1833, several missions came up between San Diego and Sonoma that were each day’s journey estimated at 30 miles apart. Each mission…

friar who helped the Spanish mission in California settle and helped to convert the native population to Catholicism. However, the controversy comes from the way in which the friars and the missions went about converting the natives and the way in which they treated them is extremely controversial. Many native Californians were slaughtered and killed by the Spanish upon their arrival. Junipero Serra is one of the reasons for the collapse of the Native population in California, many believed…

and classes in the United States have the same rights. Race and class are often two things used by self-proclaimed superior races to harm another. California, one of the most populated states, has a distinct history regarding race. Race and class which are crucial to the history of California can be divided into Spanish California, Mexican California and…

conquest. According to Richard White, “In 1680, rejecting the imposition of Catholicism and Spanish rule, the Pueblos rose in revolt. In cooperation with some of the surrounding "Apaches" (either Navajos or actual Apaches), they destroyed the missions and killed 21 of the 33 priests. Of the 2,350 colonists, 375 died in the fighting, and the rest fled the province (WHITE, pg. 12).” The Apache’s efforts caused many Spanish communities to fear them and change their form of interaction. Deer wrote,…

suffering at the hands of the Spanish, not all of the natives were passive about their plight. Many escaped from the Spanish and were executed for their “crimes”, while other Chumash people started revolts that killed many of the Spanish military and priest. The most violent of their revolts occurred in 1824 at the Missions Santa Barbara and La Purisima. Attacking the missions and setting them on fire after capture, a battle was waged for many hours that lead in the a Spanish defeat and the…

colonist in New Spain. The Spanish were able to put as far north as Santa Fe under the Law of the Indies. Under these laws as well was their mission theory was to evangelize and introduce the natives into a secular society. In theory this goal was to be reached by missions closing “and replaced by a diocesan parish structure staffed by secular clergy under the control of a local…

European settlers and the Native Americans depending on the location. In New York, the interactions centered primarily around trading war products and fur while, in New Spain, the settlers mainly focused on spreading their religion and starting missions. The interactions in the two regions developed in similar way since every group wanted to strengthen their regions politically and economically by creating alliances and increasing trade; however, they did differ due to how the Europeans in the…

conversion to Christianity. The king of Spain, in 1598 made a decision to settle the lands to the north of Mexico. Spain also sent Don Juan Onate to lead the mission in the areas to the north. Don Juan Onate left Santa Barbara in 1595. His band of soldiers, slaves, and priests regained New Mexico. The indigenous tribes frustrated the Spanish as they tried to conquer New Mexico. Many of Don Juan Onate men wanted to leave due to lack of food supplies, but the missionaries wanted to stay. The only…

In Sexual Violence in the politics and policies of conquest: Amerindian Women and the Spanish Conquest of Alta California by Antonia I. Castaneda she talks about how Amerindian women were treated by the Spanish soldier and the terrible thing they were put through. In The Collapse of the Missions by David J. Weber he talks about the horrible way Spanish soldier treated the Indians and how they tried to “civilize” the “savage Indians” and the struggle the Indians faced trying to stop this horrible…

the history of Spanish Colonial Missions in Texas in order to gain a better understanding of Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz. Spanish Colonial missions in Texas have a rich archaeological and ethnohistorical record that provide insight to daily lives of missions as well as the long-term processes of the Spanish government on the North American continent. The Spanish government funded mission projects in order to spread Catholicism as well as adopt the Native Americans into Spanish,…