History of the United States I / Unit 3 USH1 0305 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Franciscans and Spiritual Conquest
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The idea
Franciscans pursued spiritual conquest. Pueblo peoples at first adopted those Catholic elements compatible with their own worldview.
In practice
Priests demanding complete abandonment of indigenous practice and targeting the young, removing them from parental influence.
Where people slip
That cultural assault, with drought and Apache and Navajo raids, built the resistance of the sixteen seventies.
Your place on the trail
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