Latin American History

             Throughout history and during alternating time periods,
             countries have grown from feeble entities, defeated by or ruled
             by the governing structures of foreign nations, to powerful
             nations. Between the fifteenth and the sixteenth century, Spain
             ruled as a great power among other nations. Its empire began
             when, in 1492, Spain financed Columbus's expeditions and
             explorations to conquer territory in the New World. Once it held
             its new established territory, Spain relied on the influx of
             gold and silver from the New World. When it was an empire, Spain
             had control over many countries, including South America,
             Mexico, and Latin America. This however wasn't all a negative
             aspect of European colonization in the America's. European
             colonization in the America's also brought many positive,
             social, cultural, and economical, changes that make up what we
             If we look at the encounters between Europeans and Native
             Americans during the fifteenth century and beyond, it is obvious
             to see a trend of invasion, conquest, slavery, and eventually
             death lurking about the historical documents describing that
             time. The expeditions into the New World by Europeans during the
             fifteenth and sixteenth centuries can't be easily labeled as
             invasions. If one looks at the end results of the conquests by
             Europeans, it is evident that the most of the native tribes who
             made contact with Europeans were in most cases worse off than
             they were before they made contact. However, the barbaric
             overtaking of territory and culture by the Europeans is a far-
             fetched myth as these conquests were more a sort of cultural
             exchange than anything else. An example of this cultural change
             was the increasing amounts of settlers from Spain including
             soldiers and Franciscan priests that were assigned to work
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