The North eastern United States
The answer is A “Through military action by the united states”
Portugal is the European Kingdom that led in European Exploration in the 15th Century in the age of discovering, exploration and mapping coasts of Africa, Canada, Asia and Africa. Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal took the role to search for a sea route to Asia by sailing south around Africa, and during this process, Portugal accumulated wealthy knowledge on the geography and navigation of the Atlantic ocean.
In the last decade, Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean and "discovered" a new continent while searching or a sea route to the Indies.
In 1498, Vasco da Gama led the first fleet around Africa to India.
Lutherans from Germany, Calvinists from France, Baptists from England, and a whole host of other Christian sects all eventually became known as Protestants. The word ''protestant'' sprung up out of the political conflict in the Holy Roman Empire in the sixteenth century.