The primary objective of the thousands of priests in New Spain was to:
A) bless marriages
B) establish towns
C) educate Spanish colonists
D) serve as government officials
E) convert the Indians

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The primary objective of the thousands of priests in New Spain was to convert the Indians to Christianity. The Spanish believed that it was their duty to spread their religion to the indigenous people of the Americas. The priests established missions and worked to convert the Indians, often using brutal methods such as torture and forced labor. The goal was to not only convert the Indians but also to make them into obedient subjects of the Spanish crown.

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