Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 8, Lesson 1: The Spanish in America (pp. 134-137)
I. Spanish Colonies in the Americas
B. By 1700, the Spanish had created a colony called New Spain in part of what is now the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
C. The Spanish way of life and the American Indian life combined to make a new culture in New Spain.
II. The Missions of California
B. Father Junípero Serra founded the first mission in San Diego, California, in 1769.
C. Although the Spanish missionaries thought that they were doing what was best for the Indians, they often ended up destroying the Indians' own culture.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. The Spanish set up colonies to get rich, gain power, and teach the American Indians about Catholicism.
A. The Spanish built settlements called missions to covert the American Indians to the Roman Catholic religion.
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