Why did the Spanish establish missions starting in the 1500s? To serve as military bases for fighting the American Indians To help American Indians practice their own religions To gain loyal subjects and converts to Christianity

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.