What did spanish colonists build in the americas to convert people to catholicism?

Spanish and Portuguese conquerors built missions all throughout the newly conquered lands of the American continent, from what is now the American Southwest to Argentina. These missions were built to spread Catholicism through the indigenous conquered peoples in an effort to spread European values and systems of belief that could make communication and exploitation easier for the European settlers while carrying out the “work of god”, that is to say, the spreading of Catholic beliefs.

b. major john c. frémont led a rebellion called the bear flag revolt.

explanation:

during the bear flag revolt, from june to july 1846, a small group of american settlers in california rebelled against the mexican government and proclaimed california an independent republic. the republic was short-lived because soon after the bear flag was raised, the u.s. military began occupying california, which went on to join the union in 1850. the bear flag became the official state flag in 1911.