Which of These Is NOT a True Statement About the Missions

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the missions in California?

• A) They became a combination of churches, towns, schools, farms, factories and prisons.
• B) Indians in the area were encouraged to adopt Christianity.
• C) In their early history, missions often forced Indians to work as farmers and herders,
• D) Power was transferred from the missionaries to the Mexican government in 1821.
• E) Californios were at the lowest rungs of society in the early to mid 1800s.

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