The priests came to convert the Indians to the Christian religion as it was practiced by Catholics and to teach them Spanish customs. These missions each had a church and a house for the Catholic priest. The priests not only worked in the major towns but also among the people who lived in smaller villages throughout the countryside. The Spanish government centered in St. Augustine saw the missions as a way to help control the Indians, including providing Indian workers for the Spanish in return for Spanish goods. According to the passage, what were Spain’s main goals in building missions? Check all that apply. A. to spread Spanish culture
B. to find American Indians to work for settlers
C. to trade with American Indians
D. to control American Indians
E. to learn American Indian languages
F. to convert American Indians to Christianity

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the dissolution of the soviet union[a] occurred on december 26, 1991, officially granting self-governing independence to the republics of the soviet union. it was a result of the declaration number 142-н of the supreme soviet of the soviet union.[1] the declaration acknowledged the independence of the former soviet republics and created the commonwealth of independent states (cis), although five of the signatories ratified it much later or did not do so at all. on the previous day, december 25, soviet president mikhail gorbachev, the eighth and final leader of the soviet union, resigned, declared his office extinct, and handed over its powers – including control of the soviet nuclear missile launching codes – to russian president boris yeltsin. that evening at 7: 32 p.m., the soviet flag was lowered from the kremlin for the last time and replaced with the pre-revolutionary russian flag.[2]

previously, from august to december, all the individual republics, including russia itself, had either seceded from the union or at the very least denounced the treaty on the creation of the ussr. the week before formal dissolution, 11 republics signed the alma-ata protocol formally establishing the cis and declaring that the ussr had ceased to exist.[3][4] both the revolutions of 1989 and the dissolution of the ussr also marked the end of the cold war.

several of the former soviet republics have retained close links with the russian federation and formed multilateral organizations such as the commonwealth of independent states, eurasian economic community, the union state, the eurasian customs union, and the eurasian economic union to enhance economic and security cooperation. on the other hand, the baltic states have joined nato and th

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