What Was The Spanish Presence In The New World

Many of the european countries wanted in on the new world especially Spain. They wanted to expand their land and grow in wealth. Spain conquered many places in the new world and called it new Spain. Which included the western half of the US and down towards central america. There were other Spanish settlements down in southern america as well. As a result of their mass presence, they were responsible for the fall of both the Aztec empire and the Incan empire. They also wanted more wealth and they achieved that by mining a mountain of silver in Bolivia. Spain had the largest presence in the new world. It had a grasp in modern day US and all the way down to south america. It was also responsible for the fall of two of the greatest empires of the time.
When people from the old world met the people of the new world disease was transmitted and this caused many people in the new world to become sick and caused them to die. The Spanish also brought their greed which became especially apparent when the mountain of silver was discovered in Bolivia. The Spanish enslaved the people in which they had conquered, to work in the mines. As a result of Spain claiming over 150,000 tons of silver, they became the richest nation in Europe. However they never adjusted their inflation to compensate and they lost much of their net worth even though all that silver was still in their economy. Spain had a large impact on the new world and the old mostly as a result of their