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What was the major goal of the friars and Jesuits who went to the Spanish colonies in the Americas?

Aenforcing Spanish laws against slavery
Bfinding new land routes to the Pacific
Cconverting native peoples to Catholicism
Dcollecting Indian art and artifacts

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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.
CConverting natives to Catholicism. They intended to convert as many native peoples as possible by setting up missions in the Americas.

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