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The Spanish conquistadores justified their conquest of California through religious and racial beliefs. The conquistadores viewed themselves as continuing the Reconquista of Islamic Spain by spreading Catholicism and Spanish civilization. They believed the native Californians were racially and religiously inferior. While the Spanish established missions to convert and assimilate the natives, this resulted in cultural oppression, exploitation of native labor, and violence against those who resisted conversio
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