How do historians explain the reasons for Indian arrival at the missions and their conversion?
a. Many California natives came to the missions out of curiosity and converted without fully understanding the implications of their actions.
b. Soldiers sometimes seized Indians and brought them to the missions where they came under the authority of the padres.
c. Environmental factors played a role in attracting Indians to the missions, and conversion became a method to ensure survival.
d. All of the above partly explain why Indians came to the missions and converted to Christianity.
Question 2
Were the missions supposed to be permanent institutions?
a. Yes because the Spaniards believed that each new generation of Indians would have to be trained to be Christians, Spaniards, and workers.
b. Only if Indians did not demonstrate their loyalty to Christianity and Spanish law.
c. No; the Law of the Indies clearly stated that the missions would be secularized after ten years, and the Indians would form new towns.
d. No. Spain viewed the missions as sources of wealth that needed to be perpetuated through Indian labor.
