B) the spread of both Christianity and European farming methods.
Explanation:
The missions were set to spread Christianity to the local Indians in Alta California, and they also served to the cementing of the Spanish claim to the area.
From the beginning of the Spanish colonization of America, the religion has played both a spiritual and political role and thus was a major role in the piece of Spain's New World empire.
<u>And organized missions in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Were they made laws and practiced agriculture farming methods. Converting indigenous people and spreading there mission.</u>
