Slavery. Although the Spanish religious doctrine greatly inhibited enslaving indigenous tribes, other European countries soon imported slaves from Africa to operate plantations.
In the 1500s, the country that controlled what is now considered America was Spain. Spanish explorers like Christopher Columbus, Hernán Cortés, and Francisco Pizarro played a significant role in the early colonization of the Americas during this time period. They established Spanish colonies in regions such as present-day Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Spain's control over the Americas lasted for several centuries until other European powers, such as England and France, began to establish their own colonies in the region. I hope this sheds some light on the history of America in the 1500s!
Whether these colonies were established by the British, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish or any others, political systems changed because American colonies began to declare independence from their European leaders.
Writings from the time period of Spanish colonization.
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The Spanish established colonies in the Americas long before many other European countries because they were the early pioneers (or, pathfinders) in the Age of Exploration. With the inclination and income pertinent for supporting explorers, they sent out teams ready to colonize (and conquer) well before most of their European rivals.
Spain was able to establish colonies in large areas of both continents.
Spanish conquerors exploited the weakness of Indigenous peoples in the Americas, including their lack of immunity to European diseases, advanced weaponry, and division among tribes. This exploitation, along with other factors, allowed the Spanish conquerors to conquer vast territories and establish colonies in the Americas.
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These European empires were able to set up American colonies due to the fact that these colonies already had colonized East Asia, Africa, India, the Middle East, The Caribbean Basin, and other world regions. The advantages were that they had been through the colonizing processes before.
They were brought to the Americas for slavery.
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The spanish established colonies in the americas.
They built colonies and missions.
They wanted power, money, and resources.
They did. Florida was settled by the Spanish and the first oldest American city is Saint Augustine settled by Spain. They had missions in California. France settled New Orleans along with the Spanish and they were in Canada.