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The Spanish were the first to arrive in South America. There was much more competition in North America than South America. The French, Dutch and English all had colonies in North America.
Portuguese Thinking. In another hand Spanish Thinking
encomienda system was used throughout the colonial era
The Spaniards conquered a large swath of Latin America and created Spanish-speaking colonial governments. This led to Spanish becoming an institutional and common language throughout Central and South America.
Indian slavery was made illegal during the colonial era.
A Spanish colony. Almost all of South America was under various European colonial regimes for a couple of centuries or more.
south America south America
the encomienda system was used throughout the colonial era.
The count in South America that speaks Spanish is Uruguay. It is also the second smallest country in South America.
Simón Bolívar played a key role in Latin America's independence from colonial rule by leading military campaigns and uniting various factions against Spanish colonial powers. His vision of a unified continent led to the liberation of several countries and the establishment of independent nations in South America. Bolívar's efforts contributed to the downfall of Spanish colonial rule and the emergence of sovereign states in the region.
The largest slave uprising in colonial America was in the south. This is because this is where most slaves were needed.
south America