Converting Native peoples to Catholicism. This was arguably a noble venture in the minds of the colonists - by converting the Natives, they thought, they were saving their souls. Friars and Jesuits, by the way, were both orders of Catholic priests.
The <span>navigation acts & mercantilism were aimed to limit the trade within
the empire and had put many restrictions, the reason was that the British did
not want to lose the valuable gold and assets to foreigners, the Sugar Act and
such restrictions forced the colonists away from foreign products and this
caused the colonies to anger. The result was a great dissatisfaction against
British and eventually the Revolutionary war.</span>
I think it is Earthquakes