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Q: Why did Spain want to gain empire in the Americas?
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Why did Columbus and Spain want to return to the Americas?

To increase the wealth of the empire by exploiting the resources of the new world. In the case of Spain, those meant gold and silver deposits found in the New Spain (present-day Mexico) and Peru.


What motivated 'Spain's' conquest?

for the gold of the Americas


Why did the Criollos Indians and mestizos want independence from Spain?

They were all controlled by the peninsulares who were back in Spain. And they were all born in the Americas.


What did Mussolini want to gain?

He wanted to gain north or even all of Africa and the oil fields in the Middle East to establish his own empire such as an Italian empire.


What effect did the wealth that . Spain gained from its overseas expeditions have on Europe?

Over in the americas Spain found gold so the effect it had on the rest of the European counties mad them want to send forth their own explores to gwt gold


Why did Spain build missions in 1610 in the new world?

Because the Mexicans want to gain the spanish colonisation.


Why did Spain want to explore?

Spain wanted to explore the world in order to expand its territory and for economic gain. It was in direct competition with Portugal which was already commissioning expeditions.


What lands in Americas made up the Spanish Empire known as new Spain?

I'm in 5th grade and if your older than 5th grade u should know..... I can't find the answer in the history book so if you want to know the answer.HISTORY BOOK BITCHS


Which two European nations most resented the Monroe Doctrine?

I'd go with France and Spain, the two European nations with the power and desire to continue colonizing the Americas. Ironically, the U.S. didn't have the naval power to enforce the Monroe Doctrine at the time in was enacted and was relying on Britain to do it for them--and Britain did, because they didn't want France or Spain to gain any more power.


What did the wealth that Spain gained from its overseas expedition have on Europe?

Over in the americas Spain found gold so the effect it had on the rest of the European counties mad them want to send forth their own explores to gwt gold


What were the goals of France and Spain in deciding to help the Patriots towards the end of the Revolution?

they did not want the British to win and also they did not want the British to gain more land.............BECAUSE THEY didn't want the British to win and gain more landspain and france helped the patriots win the war because they did not want the british to win the war. Also they did not want them to gain more land.


What year did Spain invade England?

The question does not make sense. When people talk about the "Spanish conquerors" they usually refer to people from Spain who have invaded other places, not Spain itself. If you are asking about one the myriad of foreign armies that have conquered all or part of the Iberian Peninsula, such as the Phoenician colonists (Tartessos), the Greek colonists, the Roman Empire, the Visigoths, the various waves of Muslim Arabs and Amazigh (Berbers), the Carolingian Empire, the the Armies of the Reconquista, and the Napoleonic French, you may need to be more specific about which one you want to know about.