Explain the break-up of the soviet union. why and how did it happen?

Officially the break-up of the Soviet Union ocurred on December 26 1991. However, this incredible event started to happen when Michail Gorbachev was elected general secretary by the Politburo on March 11 1985. Gorbachev was a man with good intentions and he stablished a policy of glasnot in Russian which means transparency and that was enough for people to realize that the central planned economy and this big union was not working for them. The rest is history, but Gorbachev was the key  for the change in my humble opinion.

the california missions began in the late 18th century as an effort to convert native americans to catholicism and expand european territory. there were 21 missions in all, lasting from 1769 until about 1833.   the missions were built by the spanish starting in 1769 in order to “colonize” the territory of alta california. so the missions were important because they were the means of settling california. it also wanted to keep other european countries out of alta california. building settlements along the coast would them meet these goals. missionaries wanted to convert the indians to the roman catholic faith. california indians did much of the work to build missions.

the answer is 1.. i think