The moral justification for New World colonies in the early period of European colonies was found in

• A. The idea that colonization brought the expanding world trade network to people who had never experie
• B. The idea that colonization brought technology and science to the "dark" areas of the world
• C. The idea that colonization brought culture to "heathens
• D. The idea that colonization brought religious missions, which were saving the souls of "heathens