Before Columbus sailed, in Spain in 1492, there was a climax in the war between the religions and the christians won. This lead to Isabella making religion more important to the Spaniards. The Spaniards went to the Americas to overcome more land. When the Spaniards reached the Americas the Indigenous people and Spaniards would have babies together and the children that had an Indigenous mother and Spanish father would be called mixed and were more likely to be orphans. In 1512 a leader in Spain became a priest to help Isabella bring Catholicism. This lead to him making a law that the Indigenous people would be treated as active member in their society instead of slaves. King Philip’s men found a mountain that was later called the richest mountain
