16 years after the 1796 treaty of Tripoli was put in place, the first set of missionaries from the United States of America went to India to participate in projects aimed at converting the world and within few years, the American protestant missionaries were seen cross different continents such as Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa.
Despite the religious differences, these missionaries saw themselves at the true ambassadors of their faith and country and they utilised the political and commercial networks the US had built around the world. The people saw them as Christians and Americans and they spread the american values as well.
Naturalistic theory refers to the theory which see that everything that happen in universe could always be explained by logical approach. In research, having this theory would make researchers reluctant to make conclusion without objective evidence.