Isolationism In Spanish

During the late 1700s, Spain wanted to gain its power and wealth to grow. By trying to keep the other European countries out of Alta California. Alta had been discovered over two centuries earlier. The Spanish built settlements along the coast that would help them meet their goals. The missionaries also wanted to covert the Native Indians to the Roman Catholic Faith. The mission was the largest and the most productive community in Spanish California. Spain very well had everything planned, they had the strategy, and contributions, but they also lead to some failures in the coastal part of the California Region. The Spanish authorities convinced by two expeditions that no wealthy that no wealthy Indian was found in North of Mexico. Eventually the Spanish came to view their Northern frontier of the Empire. In order for the Spanish to protect the missions as well as the mines and ranches, to be safe from the North just in case they decided to attack, which they eventually did and the Spanish realized that the Natives were fortified troops. Between 1687 and 1711 when it was time for the Spanish to settle in California, Father Junipero Serra conducted the expedition of José de Gálvez in 1769 in which they found the Mission San Diego de Alcalá in San Diego, it was the first of the 21 Franciscan missions in California. The very last one was located in the Sonoma Valley called San Francisco Solano. As for one of the claims the secret English claims came about when Sir Frances Drake decided to claim Alta California for England. To preserve any sort of conflict with Spain threatening England in the New World, Queen Elizabeth the first had ordered Drake’s both discovery and claim to be kept as a secret. California was well represented as the “high water mark” for the Spanish expansion since North America was the northern most colony on the continent. They left the best for last because it was a better and faster route for the Spanish to take back home in case their mission plan didn’t go as well as they thought it would. When the Spanish created the missions they had several requirements in common. They wanted protection from any unfriendly natives and the wild animals, they even wanted protection from hot and cold weather. The last requirement was to work and live around the areas of the Mission to be able to run the Mission. Most of these buildings were built in a normal square shape and that way all the sides were also being protected by the buildings. The only Mission that was built in a line was Mission La Parisima and the fathers built it in a straight line to be protected during an earthquake. When building the Missions, it was difficult for the Spanish to bring building materials because of the ships being small and there wasn’t room to fit in the materials. Instead the Missions used whatever they were able to find. The Missions …show more content…
But, Spain didn’t give any attention to that situation since they were busy in a war with France. It became difficult at the Missions because no one was able to send to the Missions and to pay for the soldiers. It only grew harder on the Mission without money to buy land to grow crops and raise livestock. As the new residents made room for themselves they asked Spain’s government to do two things: The first one was to make the Missions non-religious and to make the neophytes Spanish citizens. A law had passed to let the neophytes free, but the government in Spain and soldiers didn’t enforce the law. Then, in 1821 Spain and New Spain went into war, but Spain lost the war of independence. New Spain, which is now called Mexico wanted to help the Missions and military but they weren’t financially stable enough, because Spain wasn’t helping anyone with money anymore. In 1826, the Mexican government passed a law to free the neophytes that were forcefully converted into a Catholic for the past 15 years. A few Neophytes left, but many decided they wanted to stay, they weren’t sure how to live any other