What internal forces led to the Spanish and Portuguese conquest of the Americas? What internal factors led to the English conquest of the Americas?
The first inhabitants found in the Americas by the Europeans, were the Tainos. When the Spanish had realized that the population ranged in millions of the Tainos, they quickly subdued them and turned them into a captive labor force. The Spanish had been conquering the Americas for three decades, almost exterminating the native Caribbean people. They had also took over the Aztec and the Inca Empires in Mexico and Peru. Additionally, they had discovered silver mines and built an oceanic trade. The Portuguese mainly focused on building an oceanic trade with Asia, eastward. The Treaty of Tordesillas
The first inhabitants found in the Americas by the Europeans, were the Tainos. When the Spanish had realized that the population ranged in millions of the Tainos, they quickly subdued them and turned them into a captive labor force. The Spanish had been conquering the Americas for three decades, almost exterminating the native Caribbean people. They had also took over the Aztec and the Inca Empires in Mexico and Peru. Additionally, they had discovered silver mines and built an oceanic trade. The Portuguese mainly focused on building an oceanic trade with Asia, eastward. The Treaty of Tordesillas