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.

Question

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?



Group of answer choices

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

Answer 1

The El Camino Real was used to connect the scattered communities of New Spain.