Why did spain create missions in the colonies? to create forced labor using american indians to adapt to american indian traditions to assimilate american indians to return land to american indians

The fourth alternative is correct.

The Spanish missions in colonial America had the objective of assimilating the American Indians to the Christian European culture, that is, converting them to Catholicism and to the European code of life.

The Indians were seen as savages, heathen and impure, so that the missions sought to eliminate the vices and impurities attributed to the way of life of the Indians.

During the missions the Spaniards developed techniques of contact with the Indians, but many conflicts happened. The Indians were induced to adhere to the European Christian model and also to work freely for the Spaniards. Many conflicts and deaths occurred during this sad period of history. The culture of the Indians was practically decimated.

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