Spanish Mission System (jan 1, 1769 – jan 1, 1833)
Description:
The Spanish mission was a frontier institution that sought to incorporate indigenous people into the Spanish colonial empire, its Catholic religion, and certain aspects of its Hispanic culture through the formal establishment or recognition of sedentary Indian communities entrusted to the tutelage of missionaries under the protection and control of the Spanish state.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1769
jan 1, 1833
~ 64 years