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Hope this helps! "European conversion of the natives to Christianity was the excuse used to decimate the natives and take controle of their resourses. "

Also, I didn't come up with this answer... I got it from 
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070918175502AApZuSL
America wouldn't have been a permanent settlement for immigrants and colonists if it were not for the Pilgrims taking the first step in their search for religious freedom and establishing their new home in America