Who played an important role in the spread of spanish settlements throughout the u. s.?

a) priests
b) spanish sailors
c) spanish viceroys

A. Priests because when the spanish settlers came to conquest america, they always brought many priests with them; the priests were catholics, and they forced the native americans to become a catholic if the natives say no they were killed. So priests were fundamental in the conquest of america

The answer to the question is gold

None of them. they are likely to occur on any plate boundary