Well Spain and Britain are large ones
It is necessary to have a strong military force with a large empire.
Various European explorers and nations established claims in the New World during the Age of Exploration. Christopher Columbus, sailing for Spain, is often credited with claiming parts of the Caribbean for Spain in 1492. Following him, explorers like Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro claimed large territories in the Americas for Spain, while other nations, such as France and England, also established their own claims through explorers like Jacques Cartier and John Cabot. These claims often led to colonization and significant geopolitical changes in the region.
A large empire was very important for trade and also for prestige. The power of a country was judged by the size of it's empire.
In 1924, the British Empire had an estimated population of around 470 million people. This figure represented about one-quarter of the world's population at that time, highlighting the vast extent and influence of the empire across various continents, including large parts of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific. The empire's population included a diverse range of cultures and ethnicities, reflecting its global reach.
Spain, Great Britain, France, and Portugal all had major empires. The Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark were minor players.
The 1542 new laws from Spain, which were issued by the Spanish King, Charles 1 was meant for Spain's colonies in the Americas. The laws were meant to protect Americas' indigenous people from large landowners' exploitation.
Spain was able to establish colonies in large areas of both continents.
Well Spain and Britain are large ones
Spain succeeded in conquering so much of the Americas because they used their religion as a main belief, the spread of European diseases weakened the Americas conquests, the Spanish soldiers and sailors had excellent fighting skills and used advanced weapons on the Native American armies, and lastly, Spain made alliances with the Native Americans, the enemies of the Incas and Aztecs.They also had some of the newest sea fairing technology available and hired Portuguese pilots with maps. The motivation was also there to find gold and riches for the crown as well as a water route to Asia.
What weakened the Roman Empire were weak emperors, invasions by outsiders, diseases, and a number of other factors.
Hernán Cortés made a claim on the royal treasure in 1521 after the fall of Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec Empire. Following a successful siege, he and his men seized vast amounts of gold and silver, which they considered the royal treasure of Spain. Cortés subsequently sent large quantities of this wealth back to Spain to demonstrate his success and secure favor with the Spanish crown.
Analogously speaking (comparing something with the same general features); China could be considered the Oriental (Eastern) version of the Occident's (Western) Spain. Spain at one time owned vast tracts of the Americas to include many of the islands surrounding the Americas (North, Central, and South Americas)...and although Spain owned (or colonized) those lands until 1898 (when Spain's empire was no more), Spain rarely exhibited the military prowess as did Britain or France. Although China didn't colonize lands as did Spain, China remained large in territory thru-out it's history; but like Spain, China never really exhibited a military prowess like it's neighbors Russia and Japan. Therefore..."had China conducted any colonizing; it would most likely have lost them as Spain actually did."
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Politically, it was part of the Spanish Empire and as such, it was administered by a viceroy. Financially, it was the most successful territory of Spain, contributing a large percentage of the empire's income; the modern equivalent would be the economic contribution of California and Texas to the United States; losing such economies would be considered a great disaster, if not resulting into the dissolution of the union. In the case of Spain, Mexico was one of the first colonies to fight for its independence, in 1810; by 1830 most Spanish holdings in the Americas were independent .
Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortez conquered the Aztec civilization that occupied what is now Mexico. This conquest yielded for Spain a large piece of territory in the New World, and gave Spain access to large quantities of gold and silver. Cortez helped Spain get a jump on other European nations that would soon be in North America.
It was the second largest empire ever. At one time it stretched from Spain to China, Northern Russia to Africa, and all inbetween.