The El Camino Real was used to connect the scattered communities of New Spain.
In the text you read, "The Spanish established three kinds of settlements in New Spain. Pueblos served as trading posts and sometimes as centers of government. Priests started missions, where they converted local Native Americans to Catholicism. The Spanish also built presidios, or military bases, to protect towns and missions.
To connect some of the scattered communities of New Spain, Spanish settlers built El Camino Real, or “the Royal Road.” This network of roads ran for hundreds of miles, from Mexico City to Santa Fe. The roads later stretched to settlements in California."
Question: What was the El Camino Real used for?
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To link the military bases to increase protection
To connect the scattered communities of New Spain
To establish missions to convert Native Americans to Catholicism
To create trading posts and centers of government
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