I have no clue. Who needs to know this kind of stuff?
Well, in 1607 the first permanent English settlement is created at Jamestown in North America.
Protestant reformation. (: <3
They forced settlers to convert to the new religion of their native country.
Martin Luther was a German monk and theologian who is considered to be responsible for the Protestant Reformation of Christianity. It was the simple act of nailing a theses of 95 questions addressed to the Catholic Church that reverberated into such change it affected the course of Western Civilization. For his contribution to America, he was himself born in 1483 and died in 1546 so he had no direct contact with the America's or even any knowledge of it. His influence on Christianity in America, however, is evidenced by the number of Protestant churches that populate America including the Lutheran Church.
Catholic missionaries traveled to regions of Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Protestant missionaries focused on regions like Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas. Missionary efforts were often influenced by colonial powers and the desire to spread Christianity globally.
had the protestant reformation not shattered the religious unity of Europe, the english colonization of the atlantic coast would have taken a different course. how did the conflict over religion influence the colonization process?
Roman Catholics--- taking in account of the persecutions of Rome- the Protestant reformation (wars that followed) persecution during England's reformation. The persecution in early America- cristero war in Mexico- the holocaust of Germany - (second to the Jewish people-
Once gold was discovered in America, countries wanted to capitalize on that and sent more people to settle in North America.
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It is a minority there as it was colonised by Britain. Britain is Protestant and this was mainly passed on to North America. However, Catholicism is a huge movement in America with more young people than Europe. It is probably the second most major religion in North America and by far the main one in all of Latin America.
Well, many nations wanted to explore and profit from trade in the new world. The French specifically wanted to use America to sell fur and make a profit from it, and they explored and settled large tracts of land. However, because of the Protestant Reformation, the edict of Fontainebleau, and the intolerance of Huguenots, many French were also fleeing France for the same reason that people were fleeing England. Religious intolerance brought many, many people to the Americas.
influence of European settlement in north and south America