How did the Protestant Reformation contribute to migration to the New World? O Protestant persecution of Catholics led to a mass Catholic migration from Spain to the
Americas
The religious disunity in Europe caused wars and persecution, which Protestant groups
attempted to escape through migration,
Protestantism encouraged missionary activity to new lands, while Catholicism
discouraged converting Native Americans.
Leaders of the Reformation believed that there was no hope for Europe because it was
blinded and polluted by Catholicism.