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=**Spanish Missionaries**= == United States territorial expansion since 1803, by William R. Shepherd

=1. Spanish missions were established in what is now Arizona, New Mexico, California, and Texas. Their goals were to ensure Spanish influence in the region, to spread Christianity by converting indigenous people, and to establish commerce.=



==== **2. Spanish missionaries had strenuous relationship with Native Americans because many indigenous people felt "enslaved" by the missionaries. Although in 1833 Indians were freed from the missions, their way of life changed very little.** ====
 * 3. In the 1500s, Spanish missions were established in w estern territories ** . ** In 1833, Mexico's government ended the mission system in California, mission lands were broken up, and Indians were freed from the missions. **