Title: This is what the Alamo would
1Life in a Spanish Mission
What was the mission of a mission?
What did the soldiers do?
What was the lasting contribution of missions?
X
Why did Spain end the mission system?
What did the friar do?
What did the friar do?
How did some missions succeed?
What did the Native Americans do?
Why did some missions fail?
This is what the Alamo would have looked like if
it had been completed.
2What was the mission of a mission?
1. Teach Christianity 2. Teach Spanish
language 3. Teach Spanish customs
3What did the friar do?
1. taught religion, Spanish, and many
skills 2. maintained strict schedules and
discipline
4What did the Native Americans do?
Men farmers, ranchers, masons, blacksmiths,
carpenters Women cook, clean, weave cloth,
make pottery, tend gardens Children
Learn Spanish and Christianity
5What did the soldiers do?
- Help build and protect mission
- Keep order
- Go after runaways
- Guard livestock
6What was the lasting contribution of the
missions?
- Ranching Industry in Texas
7Why did Spain end the mission system?
X
- France gave Louisiana to
- Spain, therefore France
- was no longer a threat.
8How did some missions succeed?
- Some missions became Spanish
- settlements.
- Some Indians became Christians.
9Why did some missions fail?
- Disease killed 70
- Lack of food and supplies
- Most Indians rejected mission
- lifestyle
- Some Indians mistreated