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An abundance of raw materials from the New World needed to be made into finished goods.
They viewed them as property rather than as people.
Spanish legal restrictions and outbreaks of disease made it difficult to enslave indigenous populations.
The Aztec Empire in modern-day Mexico was conquered by Hernán Cortés and his Spanish soldiers, who were called conquistadores.
In the 1400s and 1500s, more slaves were sold between African countries than across the Atlantic. In the 1600s, more slaves were sold across the Atlantic.
Europeans began to structure their economies around international trade during the Commercial Revolution.
The Commercial Revolution led to the adoption of mercantilism in Europe, while the Industrial Revolution contributed to the end of mercantilism.
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Monopolies in the colonies controlled the trade of raw materials sent to Europe to be turned into finished goods.
His voyage inspired European powers to begin exploring, conquering, and colonizing the Americas.
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