The Colonization Of Colombia

The colonization of Colombia was made in two fronts which worked independently and without any knowledge about each other. One of them, the first in arriving to the Colombian territory, arrived in 1500 through its Caribbean coast. The other one, coming from the Southwest, was sent by the conqueror Francisco Pizarro, who, after defeating to the Incas, decided to explore more territories in order to conquest them. Although both expeditions were made separately, it is important to point out that both of them were produced by economical and political reasons. Within the economical enterprise of the colonization of the Spanish overseas territories, the historians agreed in the fact that the exploitation of gold was one of the main purposes in the initial exploration of the actual territory of Colombia. …show more content…
In this context, for example, appeared the legend of El Dorado, which produced a considerable amount of travels of the colonizers through the Colombian territory. In relation to the political reasons of the colonization we can count the necessity of establish a solid system of control of the Caribbean coast, which can allow to the Spaniards use the Caribbean ports for the distribution of the resources exploited from their overseas territories. In this sense, the colonization of Colombia, although moved in its beginning for economical reasons, had, in the end, a strategic importance, which can be seen in the several attempts to invade this territory, made by the British and the French, once the Spanish crown governed