They wanted wealth
They built colonies and missions.
Spain
to build consinoansd pas
the spanish invaded the aztecs because they thought that there was gold there, and they wanted the land so they could build their empire. also, they thought that there was alot of things they could take from the aztecs to make them richer.
Missions
What did the first Spanish settlers in the West build there?
Yes in the Southwest and California.
In the Colonial Period of European/American History, Spain built up a vast empire in both South and North America mainly through military might. Though intending to foster trade and to engage in religious conversion of native populations (which in fact did generally occur), Spain's imperial growth was primarily due to the force of its arms, which overwhelmed native groups that resisted as Spanish explorers, traders, priests, and settlers moved into the Americas.
The Portuguese and Spanish explorers and conquistadors built their New World empires by suppressing the Native Americans.
Albert J. Beveridge was an American imperialist who supported the annexation of the Philippines. It was his desire to build an American Empire.
how did the egyptians build an empire.
NO! This is specifically why President McKinley had hoped to avoid war.