Spanish Plan for Colonization When the Spanish decided that they were going to colonize various parts of Texas they did not realize the task they had before them. The Spanish’s main goal was to convert the Indians into Christians or Spaniards. They decided to build missions to teach the Indians their way of life and religious beliefs. Although their goal was estimated to take ten years for each colony, they were not prepared for …showed first 75 words of 668 total…

…showed last 75 words of 668 total…getting in return they slowly started to see that the missions were turning out to be a failure. The cost for the king to maintain each mission was turning out to be very costly and they were seeing very little advantages for the amount of work it was. Although many of the missions were abandoned because of these problems, the Indians at these missions were more civilized and more aware of the Spanish religious beliefs.