Week 16 End of the missions

The Catholic priests that came from Spain had two main goals. What were they?

• To grow many crops and raise cattle

• To claim the new land for Spain and teach Christianity to the Native indians

• To get rich and pan for gold

• To get away from their country and raise a family

What happened after Mexico won the war over Spain and took over California?

• The buildings started to crumble

• There were too many Native Indians that wanted to live there and it was too crowded.

• The Mexican government did not like how the missions were run and closed them down.

• The native indians went back to their land and were happy.

What does the word secular mean

• Something that is not like anything else

• to make sure that religion is part of the teaching

• to supersize something

• To describe something that is not part of any religion

The priests that came from Spain wanted the native American Indians to come to the missions. Why?

• So that the priests would not be lonely

• So that they would one day go back to Spain and build houses.

• So that the indians would leave their way of life and not be able to go back.

• So that the indians would learn a new religion and build the missions and work there.

What year did California become Mexico?

• 2023

• 1821

• 1781

• 1900

Why did the Mexican leaders want to close down the missions?

• They did not like the religion

• They did not like the architecture of the missions.

• They thought they were too powerful.

The Spanish people brought diseases with them from Spain. Many indians died from these diseases that they did not have immunity from. Which fact is true?

• The native indians were much happier after the mission system

• The indians built ranchos for themselves and became rich

• By the year 1900, only 20,000 American indians were left.