Which statement best explains why Spain closed most of it's missions in Texas in the 1770's?
A. Most Native Americans in Texas had already accepted Catholicism by this time.
B. Spain had gained control of Louisiana, removing the French threat to Texas.
C. Great Britain threatened to invade Texas if the missions remained open.
D. Native Americans were massacring hundreds of priests at the missions.

France formally relinquished its claim to its region of Texas in 1762, when it ceded French Louisiana to the Spanish Empire. The inclusion of Spanish Louisiana into New Spain meant that Tejas lost its significance as essentially a buffer province. The easternmost Texas settlements were disbanded,[by whom?] with the population relocating to San Antonio. However, in 1799 Spain gave Louisiana back to France, and in 1803 Napoléon Bonaparte (First Consul of the French Republic) sold the territory to the United States of America as part of the Louisiana Purchase

saltywhitehorse saltywhitehorse · Answer 2 · 2021-09-26T10:46:25+02:00

The statement best explains closing missions in Texas in the 1770s when Spain had gained control of Louisiana, removing the French threat to Texas.

The Spanish government closely regulated all missionary movements in the New World.
The purpose of missionaries is to spread their faith and teach the teachings of Jesus Christ. During colonization, missionaries played a vital role in the spreading of Christianity in the New World.
In Texas, Spain closed most of its mission in the 1770s when they saw a threat from French Louisiana.
French intrusions from Louisiana made all the East Texas missions to be temporarily abandoned.
The easternmost Texas settlements relocated to San Antonio.

Therefore we can conclude that the missions in Texas in the 1770's closed due to warnings from French Louisiana to Spanish Empire.

Thus option B is the correct answer.

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