Who played the critical role in establishing a string of missions along the Pacific Coast of Alta (or upper) California in the 1770s?
A) Don Diego de Vargas, the Spanish governor of New Mexico
B) Father JunÃpero Serra, a Franciscan priest
C) Robert de la Salle, an explorer of King Louis XIV
D) Reverend John Eliot, an English minister and missionary
Answer: B
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