FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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People didn’t pay attention to claimed land
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American Indians lived in most places claimed
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Lands that were claimed needed to be controlled and protected
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Motivations for colonization: Spain’s colonization goals were to extract gold and silver from the Americas, to stimulate the Spanish economy and make Spain a more powerful country. Spain also aimed to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first would be to convert natives to Christianity. The second would be to pacify the areas for colonial purposes. A third objective was to acculturate the natives to Spanish cultural norms so that they could move from mission status to parish status as full members of the congregation.
Detailed explanation-3: -At first, Spain let the conquistadors govern the lands they had conquered. However, this was not successful. In order to control its new empire, Spain created a formal system of government to rule its colonies. todemand labor or taxes from Native Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first great division of North America among the European powers began. Spain claimed Florida, Texas, and the land that is now the southwestern part of the United States.