Spanish Exploration

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During the approximately two century “Age of Exploration” the Spanish government thrived because of their initial economic motives. Spain was essentially the main benefactor, at the time, for exploration to the New World. The initial economic thread began the entanglement of religion, military, and technology to form what is the fabric of “Golden Age” Spain’s history. With the goal of increasing their wealth, the Spanish government was able to spread Christianity to natives of the Americas. When the Americas were discovered by Europeans in 1942 a new opportunity to win the war between the Protestants and Catholicism opened. Having a new potential fan base, the Catholic Church jumped at the chance to distribute their beliefs to natives. Spanish