What was a main purpose of the mission system?

Question

A.
to convert American Indians to Christianity
B.
to convert Spanish colonists to Catholicism
C.
to convert Spanish colonists to Protestantism
D.
to convert American Indians to Puritanism

Answer 1

A. to convert American Indians to Christianity

The main purpose of the mission system, especially in the context of Spanish colonization in the Americas, was to convert Indigenous peoples to Christianity, primarily Catholicism.