Missions and haciendas were similar and different in many ways. They were similar because they both had farms for crops. They used the crops for food. They were also similar because they are both self contained communities. Lastly, they both made indians do things. These were the similarities between missions and haciendas. Missions and haciendas also had many many differences. First off, at the haciendas their goal was to make money off the indians by making them work, while the missions their goal was to convert the indian people to christianity. In the text it said “The indians were forced to live and work at the mission. There the missionaries taught the indians the catholic religion, the spanish language, and the european farming methods.”
