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DESCRIBE THE DAILY LIVES OF PEOPLE, NATIVE AND NONNATIVE, WHO OCCUPIED THE PRESIDIOS, MISSIONS, RANCHOS , AND PUEBLOS.

http://www.missionscalifornia.com/

http://www.mtycounty.com/pgs-missions/the21missions.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/missions/

• mission- a settlement set up a religious group to teach their religion and other ways of life to native people
• native-a person born in a particular place or country
• priest-a person who performs religious rites
• religion-a belief in or worship of one or more gods
• missionary- a person who teaches his or her religion to people who have different beliefs
• presidio- Spanish word for fort
• rancho-a large area of land where crops are grown and horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs are raised
• pueblo-Spanish word for village
• economy-the system of producing and consuming goods in a country, state, or local area
• colony- a settlement of people who come from one country to leave in another land

How were the lives of native and nonnative people while living in the missions? Explain.