Why did spanish leaders want to push spanish control into north america in the mid-1500s?

a. the spanish were driven from their colonies by a native american uprising.
b. spain wanted to keep european rivals far away from valuable towns and mines in mexico.
c. spain decided to engage in the fur trade on a large scale.
d. north america had a large amount of gold and silver.

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the california missions began in the late 18th century as an effort to convert native americans to catholicism and expand european territory. there were 21 missions in all, lasting from 1769 until about 1833.   the missions were built by the spanish starting in 1769 in order to “colonize” the territory of alta california. so the missions were important because they were the means of settling california. it also wanted to keep other european countries out of alta california. building settlements along the coast would them meet these goals. missionaries wanted to convert the indians to the roman catholic faith. california indians did much of the work to build missions.