The answer is A, Hernando de Soto. The next question you're going to get is "Why did the Spanish establish missions starting in the 1500s?" The answer to that is C, To gain loyal subjects and converts to Christianity.
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The correct answer is Hernando de Soto. He was a Spanish explorer. He was on an exploration trip to find gold.
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Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer who found the gold treasures but stumbled upon Mississippi. Initially he was searching for gold and other treasures but found Mississippi river instead. His huge search parties could not find the gold but found pearls instead.
Hernando de Soto was a greedy man. He kidnapped the Indians and made them his guides. Later, when the Indians had the opportunity, they attacked him and his search party rushing them away from their land.
