Even though Mexico is considered part of the North American continent, why does the culture have closer ties with South America?

Spanish Colonization

Explanation:

Even though Mexico is in North America, it was colonized by the Spanish who also colonized most of South and Central America. This is in contrast to both Canada and the United States which were colonized by the British.

The Spanish had a policy of assimilating indigenes into Spanish Culture as much as possible leading to a large number of intermarriage. This led to the many groups in Spanish territories having similar attributes such as the speaking of Spanish, religion mostly being Catholicism and various other attributes.

This is why Mexico is closer to countries in South America than North.

the california missions began in the late 18th century as an effort to convert native americans to catholicism and expand european territory. there were 21 missions in all, lasting from 1769 until about 1833.   the missions were built by the spanish starting in 1769 in order to “colonize” the territory of alta california. so the missions were important because they were the means of settling california. it also wanted to keep other european countries out of alta california. building settlements along the coast would them meet these goals. missionaries wanted to convert the indians to the roman catholic faith. california indians did much of the work to build missions.

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