What is your opinion on: Chapter 3 1.How did the Catholic Church challenge the p

What is your opinion on:
Chapter 3
1.How did the Catholic Church challenge the policies of ‘guerra y sangre?’
2. How and why did the Spanish finally successfully begin the settlement of the north?
Chapter 4
1. What is interesting about the greater degree of flexibility in the racial caste system in Tejas as opposed to the more rigid one found further to the south?
2. What do you think about the difficulties the Spanish encountered in colonizing the north?
3. How does the disagreement between Father Olivares and Governor Alarcon over the kinds of colonists that would be desirable in San Antonio reflect recent political debates here in the United States?
Chapter 5
1. What do you think about the Limpieza de Sangre?
2. Do you agree with Father Serra or Ricardo y Moncada over the best plan for the colonization of CA?
3. What are your opinions on the competing theories regarding the ease and difficulty in converting the various Indian peoples of California?
Book Link
https://ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/recovering-history-constructing-race.pdf