San Antonio Missions National Historical Park - Suggested Reading (U.S. National Park Service)

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	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Suggested Reading

For Kids and Educators from the Spanish Colonial Bookstore

For General Audience from the Spanish Colonial Bookstore


			Did You Know? that Spanish missions were not churches? They were Indian towns, with the church as the focus, where, in the 1700s, the native people were learning to become Spanish citizens. In order to become a citizen, they had to be Catholic; that is why the King of Spain sent missionaries to acculturate them.

Last Updated: February 03, 2009 at 12:52 EST