Both Spain and Portugal build colonies in the America through violence conquest and colonization--using both weapons and diseases to eliminate large number of the native population. <span />
Answer: to provide food, shelter, and protection for travelers to provide employment for peasants who lived nearby to establish retreats where new religions could flourish to create markets where goods could be traded and sold
Explanation:
Because it allowed the people to trust their leader if they all supported chritianity, because then they could all relate spiritually. Hope this helped :P
