After Spending 70 Years Working to Convert the Pueblo People

question 27

Multiple Choice

After spending 70 years working to convert the Pueblo people, Franciscan friars

• A) managed to graft a veneer of Catholicism over native culture.
• B) succeeded in converting the Pueblo leaders, but not the general population.
• C) converted most members of the population to Christianity.
• D) concluded that their mission was hopeless.

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