Question

Why was Father Hidalgo able to succeed where Father Damian Massanet failed?

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

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Father Massanet was the first person from Spain to start mission settlement. He was originally trying to convert the Tejas Native Americans. But he failed and returned, then later on Father Hidalgo came to try and finish Massanet’s work. He was very successful, mostly because of the presidio nearby to protect the settlement.

Answer 2

His efforts helped lead to the long Spanish occupation of Texas. he was able to conduct missionary work again among the Hasinai Indians.

Explanation: Francisco Hidalgo, a Spanish priest of the Franciscan order of Roman Catholicism, was a missionary to the American Indians in what are now northern Mexico and East Texas.