Phillip II, king of Spain, established the gold and silver mining and export to Spain, from the South American lands. Phillip and many Spanish became rich, at the expense of many native South Americans and African slaves.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The Spanish Conquistadors
The Spanish explorers who followed Columbus's route to "India", which was really South America.
Phillip II, king of Spain, established the gold and silver mining and export to Spain, from the South American lands. Phillip and many Spanish became rich, at the expense of many native South Americans and African slaves.
Phillip II, king of Spain, established the gold and silver mining and export to Spain, from the South American lands. Phillip and many Spanish became rich, at the expense of many native South Americans and African slaves.
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I don't think the slave trade was good at all.
ReplyDeleteI think Phillip the second was a very greedy and selfish man. - Emma
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