Spanish Colonies on the Borderlands
Section 5

Spanish Florida

• Early 1500's
• Spanish control is threatened
• Enslaved Africans would be protected in Flordia

Settling the Spanish Borderlands

• Mexico & South American 
• Main function: to protect Mexico from Europe
• Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California
• Mostly deserts & mountains

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Juan de Onate

• New Mexico: established a permanent settlement
• wanted to find gold, convert N.A and establish a colony
• Brought 300 horses: N.A. looked after the horses 
• Changed the lives of the N.A. forever

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Junipero Serra

• California 
• Founded the city of San Diego, San Fran & Los Angles
• Altogether founded more than 20 missions between 1769-1800

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