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Why did the Spanish establish missions in North and South America?

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The Spanish missions in South America comprise a series of Jesuit Catholic religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics in order to spread the Christian doctrine among the local natives.
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the main reason was to convert the Native Americans to Christitany and to make them into Spanish citizens

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