Use the passage to answer the question.
While the main goal of the Spanish missions in the Americas in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was to convince American Indians to practice the same rel
as the Spanish, another goal was to prepare areas for settlement. The Spanish wanted American Indians to be familiar with their religion and share the Spanis
belief system. The Spanish also hoped that the missions would convince American Indians to participate in the political and economic systems of the Spanish
settlements
Based on the passage and your knowledge of social studies, what was a goal of the Spanish missions in Georgia's barrier Islands?
to change American Indian lifestyles to be more like those of the Spanish
to increase trade with their English allies in neighboring colonies
to learn how to survive and farm in the Americas from the American Indians
to introduce elements of democracy into indigenous communities