Question

A map showing the Religions of Europe circa 1600 with legend key entries Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, Anglican.

How does the information on the map relate to the European colonization of the Americas?


A.Europeans were eager to solve their religious differences before starting colonies in foreign lands.

B.Northern Europeans brought Protestantism to the Americas, while southern Europeans brought Catholicism.

C.Europeans were used to diversity and wanted the inhabitants of the Americas to practice their native religions.

D.Southern Europeans brought Protestantism to the Americas, while northern Europeans brought Catholicism.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B) Northern Europeans brought Protestantism to the Americas, while southern Europeans brought Catholicism.

The information on the map relates to the European colonization of the Americas in that "Northern Europeans brought Protestantism to the Americas, while southern Europeans brought Catholicism."

Although you did not include the map, doing some research we can see how maps about religion in the 1600s, clearly show how European countries such as Spain, Portugal, and France, practiced Catholicism, meanwhile, countries such as Great Britain and the Nordic nations were Protestant.

That is why, when Spanish people conquered the region of New Spain and South America, they spread Catholicism through evangelization. Many Catholic missions arrived in the Americas. On the other hand, in the North American territory, white European established colonies such as Plymouth or the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where they could live their Protestant religious teachings.