Why did spanish establish missions in florida?

Question

u.s history

Answer 1

Yeah, Dark! What you said.

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Answer 2

It was where the Spanish ships landed.

Answer 3

Beginning in the sixteenth century, the Kingdom of Spain established a number of missions throughout la Florida in order to convert the Indians to Christianity, to facilitate control of the area and to prevent its colonization by other countries, in particular, England and France.