USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Kings, queens, and explorers alike believed it was their divine duty to convert indigenous people to Christianity in order to save their souls. In deed some explorers, such as Ferdinand Magellan, believed they were an instrument of God in this endeavor.

Detailed explanation-2: -Through government-sponsored boarding schools, Christian missionaries worked to convert native children, who were often referred to as “savages.” Generations later, Native Americans who chose Christianity were said to have “sold out” to white 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: -The influence of Christianity-through settlers, missionaries and government policy-significantly altered life for Indigenous peoples. In some communities, this resulted in hybridized religious practices; while in others, European religion replaced traditional spiritual practices entirely.