What was the difference between the Puritan and Iberian Christian migrations of North and South America?
- Puritans wanted to colonize North America to escape persecution and establish a new religious society there. Iberians wanted to forcefully and aggressively convert the populations of South America.
-Iberians were trying to flee from Muslim North Africans. Puritans were trying to flee from the Catholic Church.
-Iberians colonized South America accidentally, as a result of increased trade. Puritans colonized North America to convert Indigenous populations for Europe.
-Iberians used the lessons learned in the Reconquista to colonize South America with increased zeal. The Puritans were trying to escape persecution from the Jesuit missionaries.