Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

Spanish Catholic missions in the Americas served primarily to

A
$Build coastal forts to defend against English and Dutch incursions$
B
$Convert Native Americans to Christianity and integrate them into Spanish colonial society$
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C
$Establish trade routes connecting the Americas with Asian markets$
D
$Establish democratic town councils governed by Indigenous converts$

Explanation

Missions combined religious conversion with cultural assimilation and labor extraction.

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