How was religion an important factor in the colonization of the americas?

On October 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived to America and founded the first European colony of the New World. At that time, the Crown and the Church were almost the same thing -so religion was a key factor in the colonization of the Americas -, and the conquerors firmly believed they that the right to conquer the New World’s religions by bringing Christianity to America, apart from colonizing local economies and politics. In fact, the pope Alexander VI compelled the Spanish Crown to convert all their subjects to Christianity, including inhabitants of colonized countries. Thus, Spanish and Portuguese conquerors introduced Catholicism in America at the same time they destroyed temples, books and worship of the native inhabitants, so that they were forced to abandon their former religions and to join the Catholic church. In the words of a conqueror, the Spanish went to the New World “to serve God, and to get rich as all men want to do.”

when studying cause and effect, historians usually group the causes into different categories. for example, cultural causes reflect how a society’s literature and art convey the way the society saw itself in relation to the rest of the world. another resource that historians use to understand society is pop culture, which tells them the trends and ideas that are preferred by the common people. when studying cause and effect, it’s important to remember multiple causation, or the idea that an effect could have several causes and vice versa.  

the correct option is “cultural causes” since art and literature are related to the culture of a place. culture is determined by literature, art, music.

the correct option is “pop culture” since it reflects the likes and ideas of common people whereas the rest of the options do not focus on common people.  

the correct option is “multiple causation” since it refers to the idea that events are caused by multiple reasons, not just a single one.