What about north america made it valuable for many different groups?

More land for farming as Industrialization in Europe was taking up majority of the land. There was more resources to get from the land. European society had a order where only the eldest got all the land and property hence the other childern were left with little to nothing.

They also wanted to spread the Christian belief.

Remember the 3 main reason can me memorized as the 3 G's

-Gold

-God

-Glory

depends on the age of the teen, many believe by the age of 16 a person should know the strong difference between right and wrong along with the difference between risky and immediate death. swimming with sharks might be dangerous but swimming with sharks while bloody meat is attached to you is just insane. even more if you have no idea what you're doing. however, no matter the age, as long as the person is skilled enough and has the mental and physical capacity to control their actions doing whatever sport they put their mind to is all that matters.

fearing kabuki could corrupt the nation’s morals, japanese government officials

explanation:

the national morals was so the japanese and the kabuki would stop fighting