Why do you think so many crimes listed in the twevele tables are punishable by death?

It was a much simpler time back then, which I would assume why they would wanna keep it that way. There were very lackluster crimes you could commit that weren't punishable that way, They made many crimes punishable that way because they wanted people to void doing them.

Explanation:

the california missions began in the late 18th century as an effort to convert native americans to catholicism and expand european territory. there were 21 missions in all, lasting from 1769 until about 1833.   the missions were built by the spanish starting in 1769 in order to “colonize” the territory of alta california. so the missions were important because they were the means of settling california. it also wanted to keep other european countries out of alta california. building settlements along the coast would them meet these goals. missionaries wanted to convert the indians to the roman catholic faith. california indians did much of the work to build missions.

battle of survival between farmers and the rabbits during the great depression