There were many conflicts between the settlers and the missionaries. The settlers from the Canary Islands had many complaints about their way of life. The settlers complained they didn't like the church they attended and wanted a new one built. They also believed there weren't enough jobs for them to make a decent amou

nt of money. They said that the only work for them was farming and the profits were to small to benefit from because the missionaries sold the corn for cheaper. Another major problem was that the settlers wanted the Indians to be able to work for them and this wasn't allowed. Father Benito, one of the missionaries, disputed all of these things saying that they were ordinary problems that everyone has. He believed that the settlers could work together to finish the church if they wanted to. He also said there were plenty of jobs besides farming. Many of the settlers were many other things such as bricklayers, merchants, carpenters, and soldiers. The reasons that the missionaries didn't want the Indians to be day laborers with the other settlers was because this would take the time away from teaching them to be Christians.

Another problem that the Spanish faced was that the distance between some of the missions was to far apart. This hurt trade, communication, and circulatio

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