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California Missions 200 Years Ago, 1819
In 1819, the Spanish missions in California were continuing their practice of enslaving Indians in order to convert them to Christianity. At this time, the […]
missionaries
In 1819, the Spanish missions in California were continuing their practice of enslaving Indians in order to convert them to Christianity. At this time, the […]
A frontier is a transition zone between two regions, between two areas with different cultures. For the European invaders in North America, the frontier represented […]
Until the sixteenth century the Mi’kmaq, one of the northernmost tribes on the Atlantic coast, lived a traditional lifestyle based on hunting, fishing, and gathering […]
( – promoted by navajo) A new religious movement began in England in the late 1640s. The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, […]
( – promoted by navajo) Many Christian missionaries, both Protestant and Catholic, have wrestled with the problem of how best to convert the “pagan” Indians. […]
( – promoted by navajo) During the early sixteenth century there were many fantastic stories circulating among the Spanish which told of fabulously wealthy cities […]
( – promoted by navajo) photo credit: Aaron Huey When the Spanish exploration of Florida began with Juan Ponce de Leon (the conqueror of Puerto […]
( – promoted by navajo) photo credit: Aaron Huey The Spanish missionaries made a four-pronged approach into North America: Florida and the Southeast (beginning in […]
( – promoted by navajo) The major European powers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries took very different approaches to American Indians. For the French, […]
( – promoted by navajo) In 1830, a new religion was born in the United States with the publication of The Book of Mormon. The […]