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In an attempt to convert the Native Americans to their state religion, Roman Catholicism.

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They feared the French would gain control of Texas and take the land they claimed. Alonso de Leon and Father Massanet were impressed by the land and Tejas (Texas).

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to converte native Americans to the catholic faith. and to start colonies to prevent the french from claiming land.

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The Spanish built missions beginning in 1769 to colonize parts of present-day California. This was in large part a response to Russian fur trappers moving farther down the coast from Alaska.

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