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What did the missionaries introduce?
The missions created new communities where the Native Americans received religious education and instruction. The Spanish established pueblos (towns) and presidios (forts) for protection. The natives lived in the missions until their religious training was complete.
What did the missionaries do to the Native American?
Congress appropriates $10,000 to pay what it calls people of “good moral character” to help the U.S. eliminate Native military resistance and suppress Native traditional practices. Religious denominations are assigned to specific tribes.
What did missionaries teach?
Missionaries go into a community to teach about Jesus Christ and the Christian faith. Missionary work depends on where the individual or group of missionaries are going (international or local communities). At the very least, a missionary’s first responsibility is to God, then to his or her church or missions agency.
Why was there no Protestant mission after the Reformation?
Protestant mission overseas did not begin until long after the Reformation. This was not so, as some have asserted, because the Reformers or their immediate followers were opposed to foreign mission. They were not. Foreign mission was not a priority for them, however. It could not be.
Why did the Spanish conquistadors and the French missionaries fight?
Profit-minded Spanish conquistadores and French fur traders competed for land and wealth, while Spanish and French missionaries competed for the “saving of souls.”
Who was the French missionary who lived with the Hurons?
The writings of Jean de Brebuf, a French Jesuit missionary who lived and worked among the Hurons for two years without securing a single convert, reveal the powerful force of religious devotion that compelled missionaries to leave their homes for unknown lands and difficult lives in North America.
Why did the Indians fight with the Europeans?
For the most part, the many Indian Wars dominated the encounter of Europeans and Native peoples. They were often complicated by the wrenching divisions within tribes caused by the increasing numbers of “praying Indians” who had been converted by the missionaries.