2007-09-07 14:50:24 · 10 answers · asked by ghettoco 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Greed for gold, venereal diseases , murder of the natives , false promises , lies ,etc.
2007-09-07 14:59:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The spanish language. Introduction to western thought, much of it not spanish.
Did it come at too high a price in some ways? Probably. But the spread of diseases which decimated the native population was probably inevitable and unavoidable in an era that didn't know about microbes or have vaccines.
Personally, I wish they hadn't wantonly destroyed so much native architecture and art.
2007-09-07 22:04:25 · answer #2 · answered by BAL 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a lot of exploration and settlement - tho some of the native populations did not do too well.
most countries south of the US (except Brazil and some Caribbean islands) are predominantly Spanish speaking; Spain contributed to the culture of these countries (intermixed with native culture)
2007-09-07 21:57:46 · answer #3 · answered by mr_fartson 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Population control via the Order of the Holy Office (a.k.a.the Inquisition). That and the most prolific language on Earth.
2007-09-07 21:56:19 · answer #4 · answered by starkneckid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discovering the New World.
2007-09-07 21:54:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mexicans
2007-09-07 21:56:00 · answer #6 · answered by ARLENE H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their greatest gift to the New World was murder and meyhem trying to find all the Gold they could find.
2007-09-07 21:56:13 · answer #7 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horses, cattle, small pox, plague, chickens, wheat, rice, Christianity, gunpowder, steel, the wheel, the compass, pigs. Perhaps the greatest gift was alphabetic writing.
2007-09-07 22:04:02 · answer #8 · answered by David B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They did for Mexico and South America what the Europeans did for the Native American Indian.
Killed, captured and subjagated. Made them all speak spanish and convert to be Catholics.
2007-09-07 21:55:51 · answer #9 · answered by cloud 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How about discovering it?
They also brought horses and oranges. Horses had a really big impact on Native American culture.
2007-09-07 21:58:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋