Hurry! 1: how was mexico described in the 1900s? a: a communist dictator controlled the economy for 52 years. b: one political party held power until the 1990s. c: the same royal family ruled for the entire century. d: great britain governed mexico as a colony until 1983. 2: which people did european landowners need to work on their colonial plantations after many of the native americans died? a: landowners' families b: chinese peasants c: russian serfs d: enslaved africans

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.

although the crusades failed to capture jerusalem, they had several major impacts on western europe. they increased the authority of the king: sometimes nobles died in battle without leaving an heir in which case the king got their land. kings passed taxes to pay for the crusades.