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14. Why did the Spanish build
a mission in East Texas?

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The Spanish Missions in Texas comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Dominicans, Jesuits, and Franciscans to spread the Catholic doctrine among area Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier land.


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Spanish missions in Texas - Wikipedia
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Answer:

The Spanish Missions in Texas comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Dominicans, Jesuits, and Franciscans to spread the Catholic doctrine among area Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier land.

Step-by-step explanation:

Native Americans did not want to be converted to Catholicism. The Plains tribes resented the missionaries and their intrusion on their hunting grounds.

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