The Spanish responded to the discovery of the New World with a mix of ambition and zeal, driven by the prospects of wealth, land, and the spread of Christianity. They quickly established colonies, explored vast territories, and sought to exploit resources, particularly gold and silver. The Spanish Crown supported these endeavors through the encomienda system, which allowed colonists to extract labor from Indigenous populations. This led to significant cultural exchanges but also to devastating consequences for native societies due to disease, conquest, and forced labor.
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Well the Spanish gave horses to the peoples of the New World and they also brought their culture, religious idealologies and language to areas of Central America.
Viceroys
stimulating european demand for goods from the east
Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus is remembered for his 1492 discovery of the 'New World,'
None. Spanish orthography was semi-standardized before the discovery of the New World.
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Carole S. Gallagher has written: 'Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the New World' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Explorers, Discovery and exploration, Biography, Spanish
Christopher Columbus is credited with the discovery of the new world
Amerigo Vespucci's letters describing the New World as a distinct continent shifted the perception of the Spanish from initially thinking they had reached Asia to the realization of a separate landmass. His key discovery was recognizing that the lands explored by Columbus were actually part of a new continent, leading to the use of the name "America" in his honor.
Christopher Columbus is errantly credited with the discovery of the New World. I joined this expedition to become involved in the discovery of new life forms.
Creoles (Criollos in Spanish) was the name given to Spanish people who were born in the New World.
Creoles (Criollos in Spanish) was the name given to Spanish people who were born in the New World.
Creoles (Criollos in Spanish) was the name given to Spanish people who were born in the New World.
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Explorer who discovered the New World was not a part of Asia