Why did so many native american peoples adopt christianity in latin america during the 1500s?
a. missionaries joined native american tribes and encouraged them to convert.
b. many native americans married spanish colonists and adopted the religion of their husbands and wives.
c. the pope required that the spanish monarchs make the conversion of native peoples to christianity a priority during colonization.
d. native americans wanted to increase their ability to trade with the spanish colonists, and saw religion as a way to achieve that aim.

correct answer choice is :

the development of santo domingo in 1492 indicates the origin of latin american church chronicle. there were no priests among the one hundred men aboard the pinta, the niña, and the santa maria, nonetheless, the sailors were spanish christians. religion in latin america is described by the historical power of catholic christianity, growing protestant control, as well as by the appearance of other world religions.

in the 1800s, chinese workers migrated to the united states, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the american west, and as chinese laborers grew successful in the united states, a number of them became entrepreneurs in their own right. as the numbers of chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-chinese sentiment among other workers in the american economy. this finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration of chinese workers to the united states, and threatened to sour diplomatic relations between the united states and china.