The Spanish missions in California () comprise a series of 21 religious outposts or missions established between 1769 and 1833 in what is now the U.S. state of California. Founded by Catholic priests of the Franciscan order to evangelize the Native Americans, the missions led to the creation of the New Spain province of Alta California and were part of the expansion of the Spanish Empire into the most northern and western parts of Spanish North America. Following long-term secular and religious policy of Spain in Spanish America, the missionaries forced the native Californians to live in settlements called reductions, disrupting their traditional way of life. The missionaries introduced European fruits, vegetables, cattle, horses, ranching, and technology. Significant reductions in Native American population occurred mostly through introduction of European diseases. In the end, the missions had mixed results in their objectives: to convert, educate, develop and transform the native peoples into Spanish subjects. By 1810, Spain's king had been imprisoned by
Las misiones españolas en California ( ) comprenden una serie de 21 postes o misiones religiosas establecidas entre 1769 y 1833 en lo que ahora es el estado de California. Fundadas por los sacerdotes católicos de la orden franciscanos para evangelizar a los nativos americanos, las misiones llevaron a la creación de la provincia de Nueva España de Alta California y fueron parte de la expansión del Imperio Español a las partes más septentrionales y occidentales de América del Norte española. Después de la política secular y religiosa a largo plazo de España en América del Norte, los misioneros obligaron a los nativos californianos a vivir en asentamientos llamados reducciones, interrumpiendo su forma tradicional de vida. Los misioneros introdujeron frutas, verduras, ganado, caballos, ranchería y tecnología europeas. Significativas reducciones en la población nativa americana ocurrieron principalmente a través de la introducción de enfermedades europeas.