The Bourbon-Era Mission Reform

After the Spanish colonized California in 1769, Franciscans from the Apostolic College of San Fernando (Mexico City) established missions but implemented a new model to more rapidly integrate indigenous populations into colonial society as per the expectations of royal officials. The indigenous popu...

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Autor: Jackson, Robert H.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios de Historia Novohispana
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/76411
Acceso en línea:https://novohispana.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehn/article/view/76411
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bourbon Reforms
Sierra Gorda
Apostolic College of San Fernando
José de Gálvez
Jesuit Missions among the Guarani
California
Chumash
Reformas Borbónicas
Colegio Apostólico de San Fernando
misiones jesuíticas de guaraníes
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Sumario:After the Spanish colonized California in 1769, Franciscans from the Apostolic College of San Fernando (Mexico City) established missions but implemented a new model to more rapidly integrate indigenous populations into colonial society as per the expectations of royal officials. The indigenous populations were to be congregated on mission communities organized on the grid plan and were to live in European-style housing. This article examines the reform of missions in the Sierra Gorda, Baja California, on the ex-Jesuit missions among the Guarani in South America, and then those in California among the Chumash. It analyzes the process of congregation and the mission urban plan, resistance, and demographic collapse resulting from congregation.