Spanish missions in California
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spanish-missions-in-california-161-395660
title:
Spanish missions in California
text:
The Spanish missions in California formed a series of 21 religious outposts or missions established between 1769 and 1833 in what is now the U.S. state of California. The missions were established by Catholic priests of the Franciscan order to evangelize indigenous peoples backed by the military force of the Spanish Empire. The missions were part of the expansion and settlement of New Spain through the formation of Alta California, expanding the empire into the most northern and western parts of
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18th to 19th-century Catholic religious outposts in California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_missions_in_California
date created:
2002-06-24T23:51:00Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T07:02:11Z
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