Making it seem as everyone else in the work is nothing and ur country is tha stuff when it's the same as others America I live there most think dang we da best um na we at the same level as Canada Australia places like that
They encouraged people to settle because they were looking for an economic opportunity so not A and they mostly thought they were going to get rich from gold, so not B so I would say C
Simple, the Americas had gold and silver. The Spaniards basically craved metals like those. Also because of the inquisition, they wanted to convert the natives to Christianity. Since the Spaniards were not a powerful economy at the time. The riches made their economy SKYROCKET.
based on my research, it must be c. plush conditions