Question

The Spanish Missions in California were important because:

A they allowed the Native they were the first settlements and created a Spanish A
B they were the first settlements and created a Spanish influence in the area.
C they were created by the U.S. government.

Answer 1

The answer is B they were the first settlements and created a Spanish influence in the area.

Answer 2

B, look at explanation for reasoning

Step-by-step explanation:

C) is incorrect because they were created by the Spanish government

A) is incomplete, and B is the main importance. If this has a different completion than 'they allowed the Native', there could be multiple correct answers?

B)

They were not the first settlements of California--however, they were the first European settlements, so I assume that this is what the answer was implying

The Spanish California missions were important as an effort to convert the local peoples/the Native Americans living there to Catholicism. They were also an effort to grow European territory.

The missions were the main way Spanish influence grew in California (because they [the Spanish] had missions, and there were no prior European settlements to represent them).