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European Emigration to New World

Its Impact and Influences

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How religion became a great catalyst for European emigration to the New World

At first , evangelizing the Native Americans was the primary motivation for earliest exploration of the New World initially by the Spaniards followed by French , and finally by English . The evangelization was initiated by two great religions in Europe the first was done by Roman Catholicism instigated by the Spain through Columbus after his discovery of the New World in 1492 for the belief that Spain was the

champion of Catholic Europe ' The Protestant group on the other hand heralded the faith professed by Martin Luther in 1521 before the Holy Roman Emperor . Evangelization of the Native Americans by the Roman Catholic became forceful in 1500s . Mark Noll stated that the rise of Protestantism in Europe moved the Castilian Roman Catholicism to evangelize the Indians of New Spain ' More Spanish missionaries were sent Franciscans in 1523 , Dominicans in 1526 , and Augustinians in 1533 ' causing ten million Indians baptized . On the other hand , Protestantism domination of New World in seventeenth century was motivated by expectation of a new beginning for them . Noll recalled the five states as the Puritan colonies such as Plymouth , Massachusetts , Connecticut , New Haven , and New Hampshire . This religious became the most successful in subjugating the land

Despite the rivalry between great Protestant groups in America , the faith had contributed to the cultural values of the people that affect largely their outlook socially , politically , and...