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 …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