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Read/view a set of primary sources, including art works, related to the founding and development of the Spanish mission system in California
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Analyze and synthesize primary and secondary sources in response to a historical thesis or question.
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Articulate a cause or consequence of the event represented by the sources.
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Describe one historical personality involved in this event and explain his or her significance in this event.
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Write your answers directly into Canvas. Do not send back any files.
Here is the nuts-and-bolts video on the SLO exercise that was recorded in 2019. This video was recorded with the Camtasia software and it does include the closed-captioning feature. Just click the “CC” icon on the YouTube viewer to access the subtitles.
**NOTE: For this exercise, you are encouraged to bring in any information that youve learned about the historical period/topic from lecture, textbook, primary source documents, films and other sources. The term secondary sources refers to outside materials, including readings from Between the Conquests.**
Formal Instructions:
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Read/view the attached set of primary sources, (the Father Duran and Indian laborer drawings, and the Father Jayme and La Perouse documents)
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Address the following thesis statement: How do these sources prove that the policies of the Spanish Crown and Franciscan officials directly contributed to the cultural destruction of the California native populations as the mission system was being established? Explain in at least 5-6 sentences (based on your analysis of the primary and secondary sources) how the sources prove the thesis statement?
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Articulate a cause or consequence of the California Mission system represented by the sources. Name and describe one cause or consequence of an event discussed in these sources in at least 5-6 sentences:
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Describe one historical personality involved in this event ( the California Mission system) and explain his or her significance in this event. Name one person involved in this event. Why was that person significant? Compose your answer in at least 5-6 sentences: