Explain how Christianity was one of the driving forces for Spanish colonization and empire building in the New World

The Spanish sent missionaries to spread their religion by converting the natives to Christianity.

Explanation:

Different European powers settled into the new world for various reasons, for the Spanish it was religion and to extract gold and silver from the land.

The Spanish sent out the missionaries to spread the religion to the natives to christianity. European powers were setteled into the new world for a lot of reasons. The Spanish only went out to spread religion and to withdraw gold and silver from the land.