Spains main goal in building in the borderlands was to protect its empire.
To protect their land that they claimed.
Pueblo, presidios, and missions
England , France, Spain
Hernando Cortez established Mexico City and as the new capital of Mexico- then New Spain.
New Mexico
New Spain
Missions.
Missions.
Missions
Missions.
Spain protected its North American holdings though a series of forts known as presidios. These were roughly distributed along the present U.S.-Mexico border to prevent invasions from other European powers, as well as to defend the populations in the New Mexico and California territories from Native American raids.
spain built presidios to convert the indains
Missions.
The New Spain borderlands were a vague area across what is now the southern US.
Because the Mexicans want to gain the spanish colonisation.
The New Spain borderlands were a vague area across what is now the southern US.
The purpose of the Spanish missions in New Spain was to make the Native Americans into Christians.
built missionaries to convert natives to christians