How did the Spanish missionaries treat Florida’s Indian population?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer should include:



  • The missionaries made an aggressive effort at converting the Indian population.


  • They expected Indian villages to help feed the colonial garrison at St. Augustine.


  • Indian men were required to help transport cornmeal to the Atlantic coast and return with supplies for the missionaries.


  • The missionaries spread diseases that decimated the local Indian populations.

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