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Why was the Spanish mission to convert native Americans to Christianity ultimately unsuccessful

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The Spanish were very mean to the Native Americans so the Native Americans wouldnt want to listen.

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The first would be to convert natives to Christianity. ... Aside from spiritual conquest through religious conversion, Spain hoped to pacify areas that held extractable natural resources such as iron, tin, copper, salt, silver, gold, hardwoods, tar and other such resources, which could then be exploited by investors.

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