FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Help build cities and gathering places
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Run hospitals for the sick
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Spread Christianity in the New World
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Form governments
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Detailed explanation-1: -Christianity was introduced to North America as it was colonized by Europeans beginning in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Age of Discovery, the Catholic Church inaugurated a major effort to spread Christianity in the New World and to convert the Native Americans and other indigenous people.
Detailed explanation-3: -CHURCH AND CHRISTIANITY IN OTHER EUROPEAN COLONIES. Both Portugal and France brought missionaries to the Americas to evangelize the native populations. Moreover, both countries established Catholicism as the official state religion in the American colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Explorers came wanting to spread Christianity, to gain wealth from natural resources such as gold, to claim lands, and to find a shorter route to Asia.