there are 2 reasons 1 is the first Spanish explorer was looking for the city of gold and the 2 is because they were looking for new land
The Spaniards arrived in the Americas in 1492.
Conquistadors
The first tribe that the Spaniards encountered in the Americas was the Taino tribe in the Caribbean islands.
The first people to come to the Americas in the late 1400s were the Spaniards led by Christopher Columbus.
The Spaniards conquered the Americas in search of wealth, power, and new trading opportunities. They were driven by a desire to spread Christianity and extract valuable resources from the Americas, such as gold and silver. The conquest of the Americas also allowed Spain to expand its empire and exert control over the indigenous populations.
Spaniards conquered the Americas and imposed their language on the natives.
The Aztecs had no resistance to smallpox
Unsurprisingly, Spaniards come from Spain.
It was all on foot until the Spaniards reintroduced the horse to the Americas.
The native Americas are the native people from the Americas when the Spaniards, the Spanish people from Europe conquer America.
by boat.
The Spanish and Portuguese sought to establish trade routes to the Orient for valuable spices, silks, and other goods. They believed these could be reached by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean. This led to the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492 and the establishment of trade networks by both countries in the region.