Week 13: Presidios and Pueblos: Studies Weekly

Why was becoming a missionary a very big decision for young priests?

• It often meant leaving one’s family, possibly forever. The work of a priest was difficult, especially for those priests who became missionaries in far-off lands.

• It cost a lot of money to become a priest. You would have to make a lot of money at a young age.

Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta, like many other missionaries, served until the end of his life because _____________. 

• he was paid handsomely for this work

• he committed his life to the Spanish throne

• there was no one else to complete the work

• the Spanish crown promised land in California to the missionaries who served

The presidios of California were found _____________. 

• near entrances of important harbors

• in the mountain region of California

• near the missions

• both A and C (Near entrances of important harbors AND near the missions)

Because it was the most remote military base, the presidio at San Francisco bay was ______________________.

• much more successful at growing crops

• always on high alert for attacks

• the last fort to be conquered by the French

• first to convert American Indians to Catholicism

In order to get people to come to the pueblos, the Spanish government __________________.  

• offered free land, livestock, farm equipment, and other supplies

• threatened their families

• paid settlers with gold

• provided free schooling for children of settlers

Father Serra created 9 missions in Alta California. At which mission was he buried?

• Carmel Mission

• San Miguel Arcangel

• Villa de Branciforte

• San Diego

Originally, the Spanish believed Baja California was an island; They eventually discovered it was only surrounded by water on three sides, which is a(n) ___________. 

• prairie

• plateau

• peninsula

• archipelago

California received its name from ________.

• an Indian word for sunrise

• a fictional setting a Spanish novel

• a Spanish word for conquer

• a biblical reference

The first pueblo to be built in California was __________.

• San Diego

• Los Angeles

• Santa Cruz

• San Jose

How did presidios, missions, and pueblos depend on one another?

• All of the presidios, missions, and pueblos were run by Native Americans who would help each other.

• Presidios were forts, where the military had outposts. They offered protection for the pueblos and missions. The pueblos and missions grew food that would feed the soldiers at the presidios.