EUROPEANS EXPLORE AND COLONIZE THE AMERICAS

The Spanish Empire in America:

Spain acquired control of South America (except Brazil), the West Indies, Central America, Mexico, Florida, California, and southwestern United States. About 200.000 Spaniards migrated to the New World and founded some 200 settlements. The Spaniards built cities; established churches, schools, and missions; mined precious metals; raised cattle; and farmed the land. They shipped huge quantities of gold and silver to the mother country. This wealth made Spain for a time the richest and most powerful nation in the world.

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