Spanish Colonial California

Question 1

mission

Answer 1

a religious settlement where Spanish priests taught Native Americans the Roman Catholic faith

Question 2

missionaries

Answer 2

priests who worked at the missions

Question 3

What was Spanish king Jose de Galvez’s plan?

Answer 3

Set up missions in Alta California

Question 4

sacred

Answer 4

having religious importance

Question 5

Who did the king of Spain pick for the expedition?

Answer 5

Gaspar de Portola, a captain in the Spanish army to lead the expedition and Spanish priest Junipero Serra to set up missions.

Question 6

Why did Galvez want to create missions in California?

Answer 6

He thought other countries would soon be interested in Calif. Russian hunters were already trapping sea otters on lands along the coast north of California.

Question 7

settlement

Answer 7

new community

Question 8

What was Galvez expedition route?

Answer 8

3 groups would travel be sea and 2 groups by land. They would all meet in San Diego to build a settlement.

Question 9

How many people set out for California?

Answer 9

300

Question 10

How many groups traveled on the Sacred Expedition?

Answer 10

2 groups by sea because one ship was lot at sea; and two groups by land. The first land expedition was led by Father Juan Crespi, the second land group was led by Portola. This group brought more supplies and animals.

Question 11

Where was the first mission?

Answer 11

in San Diego naming it San Diego de Alcala

Question 12

What were the goals of the Sacred Expedition?

Answer 12

1. reading San Diego Bay

2. locate monterey Bay

Question 13

What is the El Camino Real or the King’s Highway?

Answer 13

The route that one day would connect all the California mission from San Diego to Sonoma.

Question 14

Where did they settle the second mission?

Answer 14

In Monterey naming it San Carlos Borromeo.

Question 15

How many missions did Serra set up between San Diego and San Francisco?

Answer 15

9

Question 16

After Serra’s death more missions were founded. How many total are there?

Answer 16

21

Question 17

On which of Portola’s three trips did he and his group finally find Monterey Bay?

Answer 17

The 3rd trip he found it with Father Serra.

Question 18

Why didn’t Portola find Monterey Bay?

Answer 18

They went right past Monterey Bay probably because Vizcaino described the bay as being much larger than it actually was.

Question 19

How do you think the Spanish government’s decision to build missions affected the future of California?

Answer 19

There is a lot of Spanish influence in California.

Question 20

What prompted the Spanish to return to California?

Answer 20

They wanted to set up missionaries.

Question 21

time line

Answer 21

a diagram that shows when events took place

Question 22

Did Portola reach Monterey before or after he became governor of Puebla?

Answer 22

before

Question 23

What year did Portola go on the Sacred of Expedition?

Answer 23

1769

Question 24

How many years passed between Portola’s journey on the Sacred Expedition and his death?

Answer 24

15 years

Question 25

When was the first mission founded?

Answer 25

1769

Question 26

What did the Native Americans and missionaries do at the missions?

Answer 26

*

Question 27

What caused a decrease in the Native Americans during the mission period?

Answer 27

epidemic disease

Question 28

What caused the Native Americans to move to the missions?

Answer 28

*

Question 29

How long did it take to walk to each mission?

Answer 29

*

Question 30

founded

Answer 30

*

Question 31

alcalde

Answer 31

mayor who was also a judge

Question 32

pueblo

Answer 32

towns that focused on farming

Question 33

What did spanish missionaries want to do?

Answer 33

Teach Christianity to the Native American people and change their way of life.

Question 34

convert

Answer 34

change

Question 35

What brought Native Americans to the missions?

Answer 35

1. Curiosity about the Spanish. 2. some thought there was a link to the spirit world 3. some were attracted to the music and ceremony 4. parents came because they wanted to be with their children. 5. as missions grew native americans lost their land to hunt and gather food so relied on the mission farms to survive. 6. force

Question 36

What was life at the mission?

Answer 36

1. farming | 2. religious services

Question 37

Why did epidemics occur among the Native Americans?

Answer 37

The Spanish brought many diseases with them - smallpox, measles, and other diseases were common in Europe but new to the Native Americans.

Question 38

neophytes

Answer 38

new believers in Christianity

Question 39

How did mission life affect California's Native Americans?

Answer 39

Daily life was a set daily pattern. Breakfast, the n church, missions field or animals, or skill, then more prayers.

Question 40

revolts

Answer 40

violent attacks

Question 41

What impact did the missions have on the Native Americans hunting and gathering economy?

Answer 41

As the missions grew they occupied more land and as a result many Native Americans could no longer hunt and gather enough food for their families and needed food from the mission farms to survive.

Question 42

In what ways did the Native Americans resist the missionaries?

Answer 42

they organized attacks, some resisted learning the Spanish Language, some broke tools or worked slowly, some ran away, while other stole livestock.

Question 43

How did Father Serra affect California's future?

Answer 43

Serra's leadership helped to give Calif its rich Spanish heritage.

Question 44

How many missions did Father Serra find?

Answer 44

9

Question 45

What happened when Father Serra went to Mexico City in 1772?

Answer 45

He asked the government to help keep his missions supplied and to help build new ones.

Question 46

presidios

Answer 46

military forts where spanish solders lived

Question 47

What did the leather jacket soldiers do?

Answer 47

1. protect missions 2. delivered letters between missions 3. helped in exploring, hunting, building and farming

Question 48

Who is Don Felipe de Neve?

Answer 48

He founded the first pueblo in San Jose, California

Question 49

pobladores

Answer 49

settlers

Question 50

Where was the 2nd pueblo?

Answer 50

Los Angeles

Question 51

Where was the 3rd pueblo?

Answer 51

Santa Cruz

Question 52

What helped the pueblos to be successful?

Answer 52

1. having an organized system of government 2. offering land to those who offered to sell food to the presidios 3. settlers also did not have to pay taxes for 5 years

Question 53

Who is Juan Bautista de Anza?

Answer 53

He took settlers to California on a new overland route from Arizona to San Francisco Bay.