From pecos pueblo near the edge of the great plains to acoma and zuni in western new mexico, pueblo people had had enough of christianity. . backed by armed force and not reluctant to use the whip, catholic missionaries had set out to destroy the ancestral pueblo world in every respect, including what people could believe and how they could marry, work, live their lives, and pray. when the rebels could capture franciscan priests, they killed them, sometimes after torturing them. they destroyed catholic images, tore down mission churches, and defiled the vessels of the catholic mass. they put an end to marriages on christian terms. they restored the kivas where pueblo men had honored their ancestral kachinas. with catholic symbols and spanish practices gone, the pueblos set out to restore the lives their ancestors had lived.

–edward countryman "the pueblo revolt”

the pueblo revolt of 1680, also known as popé’s rebellion, may be most closely compared to

a. political revolutions by european-ruled colonies, such as america and india, for the right to self governance.

b. the revolution of the american colonists who did not want taxation without representation.

c. strikes by workers protesting unsafe working conditions and low wages, such as those during the american progressive era.

d. revolts by african enslaved persons against plantation owners in brazil and hispaniola for freedom from slavery and cultural oppression.

the expansion of the rule of empires over other territories took place as a result of several reasons including economic, ethnocentric, political, and religious, and exploratory purposes.

in terms of economic purposes: imperial governments aimed to maximize profits and with that purpose they neeeded cheap labor, access to or control of markets to sell or buy products. they also desired to find natural resources (precious metals and land). in the awake of   industrial revolution, dependent colonies provided the necessary raw materials that european factories and market needed to manufacture products.  

ethnocentric: many territories were conquered by imperial territories in an attempt to spread their cultures, values and belief as they considered them to be superior. in the late 19th century, for example, european powers held   the racist belief that inferior races should be conquered in order to “civilize” them.

political: another reason that drove conquer and expansion was patriotism and growing imperial power. it refers to national prestige, pride, and security. empires sought strategic territory to ensure access for their navies and armies around the world.

religious: the aim of converting new member of other religions was another factor that prompted expansion.   christian missionaries from europe established churches in conquered territories during the nineteenth century. thus, they spread western cultural values. furthermore, the imperial nation’s language was spread as well, through educational and religious interactions.

exploratory: imperial nations or their citizens aimed to explore territory that was unknown to them,   for different purposes including medical or scientific research, however, at the very   beginning, they did it to embark on adventure. furthermore, imperial explorers sought to discover, map, and claim territory before their imperial competition did, for national and personal glory as well as to realize the imperialist goal of expansion.

letter a is the answer