What role did religion play in European settlement of the Americas? Discuss Spanish, Portuguese, French, and British uses of Christianity as a tool of colonization
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
Students should discuss the role that the Catholic Church played in assimilating Amerindian peoples and in suppressing Amerindian traditional religious practice. Students should also explain how religion was an important force in the English and French North American lands. Among the Catholic colonies of the French, Spanish, and Portuguese, conversion was a strong motivation for colonization. The Catholic Church became the main agent for the transmission of European language and culture to the Spanish and Portuguese colonies. The British colonies became a refuge for Protestants who wished to escape what they believed were less-than-devout European practices. Several Protestant groups, such as the Pilgrims, Puritans, and Quakers, settled American lands. French Jesuit missionaries established hospitals, schools, and churches in an effort to convert the indigenous population.
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