They believed they were saving souls from damnation.
They wanted Gold, Land, and to spread Chistianity
Europeans believed a new religion would help the First Nation and benefit their culture.
Europeans mostly study (practice) the catholic religion.
European explorers hoped to spread Christianity to the New World. They believed it was their duty to convert native populations to Christianity as part of their mission to colonize and bring civilization to these lands.
smallpox
When the Europeans came they passed a disease called smallpox.
Missionaries are the people who help spread a religion.
Europeans originally used Australia as a sort of jail island for people who had committed crimes. Over time, Europeans just started to move there after hearing about it. They came to be used to it and spread throughout.
The Europeans brought Christianity to Australia.
Mainly because they wanted to spread the Catholic religion around the world.
Islam spread from Arabia.
If we take time as a measure of the spread of religion,then since its establishment ,Islam is the religion which spread or still spreading rapidly in Asia followed by Christianity.