When having the control over the Aztecs and the incas, they were already abundant of gold and silver
YES!!!!! There was gold indeed because during the 1600s Jamestown, Virginia was abundant with gold.
Yes, until Mexico's independence from Spain.
Because............
Around the 1600s in Spain.
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the concept of an absolute monarchy
King Philip the Third from 1598 to 1621
what gold was to spain, FUR was to france.
Spain needed gold because there mines were running out of gold
Spain, Portugal, France
There was some gold and silver in Spain, but what made Spain rich in the 16th and 17th centuries was the gold and silver taken from Spanish possessions in the Americas.
Gold and Silver