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death lurking about the historical documents describing that

Andres Bello along with Jose Marti where among the many

other lands of Our America. All I have done up to now,

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