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The Spanish explorers were known as Conquistadors which meant they tried to conquer lands they were interested in to expand their country's global power and control. When they saw all of the gold that American civilizations had, they wanted the gold for themselves and their country because of its value. They though that the only way to have the gold for themselves was kill off the American civilizations.

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