San Francisco de AsisGabriel Alberty

Mission SystemMission Pueblo Rancho Presidio

•Were set up for religious purposes.

•The word Pueblo is Spanish for village.

•Crops are grown and animals are raised.

•The word Presidio is Spanish for fort.

•The men farmed and cared for the animals.

•People living in Pueblos grew food for the soldiers.

•Ranchos were often used to raise large numbers of livestock.

•Presidios are homes to solders and settlers.

•The woman cooked, sewed, gardened and made candles and soap.

•Ranchos replaced missions as the center of the area’s economy.

•Presidios became centers for trading.

Mission LifeThe purpose of the missions… • Were for religious purposes.• They wanted the California

Indians to follow the Catholic religion.

Many of the California Indians worked.

• Men farmed and cared for the animals.

• Woman made soap, candles, cooked, sewed and gardened.

Problems at the Missions• California Indians couldn't

leave the missions.• They had to follow

Catholicism, the religion of the Catholic Church.

• Many died form diseases, like measles and smallpox Europeans brought.

• California Indians destroyed San Diego in 1775

• California Indians never joined a mission after that.

San Francisco de Asis• San Francisco de Asis was

built June 29,1776.• San Francisco de Asis was

the sixth mission built.• The Mission is located near

San Francisco Bay.• The mission is 550 miles

from San Diego.• Francisco Palou was the

founder of this mission• They made the mission a

center for Hide-and-Tallow trade.

This is a map of all the Missions in California,