A history of the United States for Catholic schools . fic coast, the West Indies, Mexico, CentralAmerica, and all of South America, except Brazil, which Avasclaimed by Portugal. She based her claims on the rights ofdiscovery, exploration, and conquest. Spanish occupancy inthe New World began with the discovery of America by Co-lumbus (1492). It continued with the numerous discoveries,explorations, and conquests of other Spanish pioneers. It THE SPANISH IN AMERICA 43 flourished in hundreds of Spanish towns and colonies. Since1898, however, Spain holds no possessions in the New World. 50. Spain
A history of the United States for Catholic schools . fic coast, the West Indies, Mexico, CentralAmerica, and all of South America, except Brazil, which Avasclaimed by Portugal. She based her claims on the rights ofdiscovery, exploration, and conquest. Spanish occupancy inthe New World began with the discovery of America by Co-lumbus (1492). It continued with the numerous discoveries,explorations, and conquests of other Spanish pioneers. It THE SPANISH IN AMERICA 43 flourished in hundreds of Spanish towns and colonies. Since1898, however, Spain holds no possessions in the New World. 50. Spain and the New World. To Spain is due the dis-covery of the New World; she it was who opened it to civiliza-tion. Her teachers taught the Spanish language and Christianfaith to thousands of aborigines. There were Spanish schoolsfor Indians in America as early as 1524. Many books indifferent Indian languages were printed by the Spanish inMexico, where a printing press was set up as early as the other hand, the only Indian book printed in America. SPANISH MISSION OF SANTA BARBARA (CALIFORNIA) by the English, Avas John Eliots Indian Bible. Spanish uni-versities in America were ready to celebrate their first centen-nial when Harvard was founded (1636). A great proportionof the Spanish pioneers were college-bred men, and intelligencewent hand in hand with heroism in the early settlement of theNew World. 51. First Churches—First Convent. The first church in whatis now the United States was founded at St. Augustine, Florida(1565) ; the second in New Mexico, near Santa Fe (1598) ; thethird at Santa Fe (about 1606) ; and the fourth also at Santa 44 A HISTORY OP THE UNITED STATES Fe (1627). The original walls of the church of San Miguel,which was built in Santa Fe (1636), are still standing, and theyform a part of a church which is used today. The oldest con-vent in the United States is the historical institution of theUrsulines in New Orleans, established in 1727. 52. Missionary
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