<span>The reason and cause of the crusades was a war between Christians and Muslims which centered around the city of Jerusalem and the Holy places of Palestine.</span>
Yes that is true that t<span>here were more women in English America than in new Spain and
new France, which led to greater equality for women in the
English colonies. The Quakers gave women an active role in Churches also,
and more women joined Churches for the fear of childbirth. </span>
During the fifteenth-century, Europeans weren't just out to search for a sea route to Asia, they had to search for one since the Ottoman Turks controlled the Silk Road, which was the main land route from Europe through the Middle East to Asia. Europeans had began to demand valuable goods such as silk and spices that could only be found in Asia since it has been quite useful to their daily living. Of course, in turn, European merchants had manufactured goods to sell in Asia for those valuable goods such as silk and spices, but when the land route wasn't available and safe anymore, they had to search for sea routes.
