Spanish missions in California

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Roman Catholic mission network Spanish colonial institution mission system

The Spanish missions in California were a chain of 21 religious and military outposts established by Spanish Catholics along the Pacific coast in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to colonize the region and convert Indigenous peoples to Christianity.

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All labels observed (21)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish missions in California canonical	25
California mission system	21
California mission chain	11
Spanish missions in the Americas	4
Spanish colonization of California	3
Spanish mission system in California	3
Spanish missions in Alta California	3
Spanish missions in the Californias	3
California missions	2
Spanish mission system	2
Spanish mission system in Alta California	2
Catholic mission system in Alta California	1
Catholic missions in California	1
Expansion of the Spanish missions in Alta California	1
Franciscan missions in California	1
Los Padres (The Fathers) referring to Spanish missionaries	1
Mission system in Alta California	1
Spanish Empire in California	1
Spanish colonial mission system in the Americas	1
Spanish missions in California (continued influence under Mexico)	1
misiones de California	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic mission network ⓘ Spanish colonial institution ⓘ mission system ⓘ
administeredBy	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Franciscan friars ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Mission Revival architecture inspiration ⓘ Spanish Colonial architecture ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
effect	decline of Native Californian cultures ⓘ displacement of Indigenous populations ⓘ establishment of El Camino Real route ⓘ introduction of European agriculture to California ⓘ introduction of livestock ranching to California ⓘ spread of European diseases among Indigenous peoples ⓘ
endTime	1833 ⓘ
followedBy	Mexican rancho system in California ⓘ
foundedBy	Franciscan Order ⓘ Junípero Serra ⓘ Spain ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Spain
hasPart	Mission San Antonio de Padua ⓘ Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo ⓘ Mission San Diego de Alcalá ⓘ Mission San Fernando Rey de España ⓘ Mission San Francisco Solano ⓘ Mission San Francisco de Asís ⓘ Mission San Gabriel Arcángel ⓘ Mission San José ⓘ Mission San Juan Bautista ⓘ Mission San Juan Capistrano ⓘ Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa ⓘ Mission San Luis Rey de Francia ⓘ Mission San Miguel Arcángel ⓘ Mission San Rafael Arcángel ⓘ Mission Santa Barbara ⓘ Mission Santa Clara de Asís ⓘ
hasPurpose	Christianization of Indigenous peoples ⓘ agricultural development ⓘ colonization of Alta California ⓘ consolidation of Spanish territorial claims ⓘ cultural assimilation of Native Americans ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic sites of California ⓘ
influenced	Mission Revival architecture in the United States ⓘ development of many Californian cities ⓘ
languageOfInstitution	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Mexican Alta California ⓘ surface form: Alta California California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Pacific coast of North America ⓘ surface form: Pacific Coast of North America
numberOfMissions	21 ⓘ
opposedBy	some Indigenous communities ⓘ
partOf	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish frontier in North America Spanish missions in California self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spanish missions in the Americas
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent	Mexican secularization act of 1833 ⓘ secularization of the missions ⓘ
startTime	1769 ⓘ
timePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
usedFor	economic production ⓘ military control ⓘ religious conversion ⓘ

Referenced by (89)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

El Camino Real → associatedWith → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

Spanish missions in California → partOf → Spanish missions in California self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish missions in the Americas

Cahuilla people → historicallyAffectedBy → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission system

Spanish colonization of the Americas → hasPart → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish missions in the Americas

Mexican Alta California → hadMissionSystemLegacy → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish missions in California (continued influence under Mexico)

Coast Miwok → affectedBy → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish mission system

Christianization of central Mexico → relatedTo → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish missions in the Americas

Mexican secularization act of 1833 → religiousContext → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Franciscan missions in California

Mission Santa Barbara → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

Mission San Juan Capistrano → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission chain

Mission San Diego de Alcalá → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish missions in the Americas

Mission San Diego de Alcalá → isFirstOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California missions

Mission San Antonio de Padua → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission chain

Mission San Fernando Rey de España → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish mission system in Alta California

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission chain

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish missions in Alta California

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa → category → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

Mission San Francisco de Asís → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission chain

Mission San Francisco de Asís → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

Mission Santa Clara de Asís → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission chain

Mission San José → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission system

Mission San José → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial mission system in the Americas

Mission San José → category → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

Mission San Juan Bautista → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission chain

Mission San Miguel Arcángel → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission chain

Mission San Miguel Arcángel → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish mission system in Alta California

Mission San Rafael Arcángel → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission chain

Mission San Rafael Arcángel → associatedWith → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mission system in Alta California

Mission San Francisco Solano → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission chain

Los Padres National Forest → namedAfter → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Padres (The Fathers) referring to Spanish missionaries

Serrano → affectedBy → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission system

Tongva people → affectedBy → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission system

Santa Barbara Mission → category → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

Reglamento para el gobierno de la provincia de Californias → relatedTo → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: misiones de California

Governor of Las Californias → jurisdictionIncludes → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

Ohlone peoples → historicalEvent → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonization of California

Ohlone peoples → historicalEvent → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission system

Esselen language → associatedWith → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission system

Don Diego Vega → associatedWith → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California missions

Saclan → associatedWith → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

Indigenous peoples of California → historicalEvent → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonization of California

Indigenous peoples of California → historicalEvent → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission system

Northern Valley Yokuts → affectedBy → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish mission system in California

Russian colonization of the Americas → interactedWith → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Empire in California

Nisenan → affectedBy → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonization of California

Bay Miwok → affectedBy → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

Chumash people → affectedBy → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California mission system

Mission Dolores → partOf → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

Carmel Mission Museum → focusesOn → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

Padre Fermín Lasuén → activeIn → Spanish missions in California ⓘ

subject surface form: Fermín Lasuén