One controversy in the history of these organizations concerned Andres Quintana, who was possibly tortured to death in 1814 as revenge for prior cruelty. He presided during the precipitous decline of the local Ohlone, so he resorted to recruiting far afield, thus creating an ethnically-mixed population in his institution. Gaspar de Portola was charged with carrying out Carlos III's Pragmatic Sanction of 1767 to suppress the Jesuits, and as part of that task he conveyed the leader of this overall endeavor, Junipero Serra. Thus the most famous of these, which was founded by Juan Batista de Anza, was named for Serra's patron and is not called San Ignacio. For 10 points, name this architecturally-significant network of foundations designed to entrench Spanish interests and convert natives alon
One controversy in the history of these organizations concerned Andres Quintana, who was possibly tortured to death in 1814 as revenge for prior cruelty. He presided during the precipitous decline of the local Ohlone, so he resorted to recruiting far afield, thus creating an ethnically-mixed population in his institution. Gaspar de Portola was charged with carrying out Carlos III's Pragmatic Sanction of 1767 to suppress the Jesuits, and as part of that task he conveyed the leader of this overall endeavor, Junipero Serra. Thus the most famous of these, which was founded by Juan Batista de Anza, was named for Serra's patron and is not called San Ignacio. For 10 points, name this architecturally-significant network of foundations designed to entrench Spanish interests and convert natives along the west coast of North America, which include San Diego de Alcala and San Francisco de Asis.
One controversy in the history of these organizations concerned Andres Quintana, who was possibly tortured to death in 1814 as revenge for prior cruelty.
Spanish Missions in (Alta) California (prompt on partial answer)