Strengthening the church and spreading Christianity was not the true goal . Acquiring gold and enriching themselves was the true purpose of the colonizers . The colonizers wanted to be able to gain riches beyond their dreams in a very short time . This meant taking the riches from the inhabitants of the lands they were to colonize . An insatiable appetite to rise in the ranks of European society and esteem led these men to abuse their power as protectors of the Catholic...











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