South America was mainly colonized by Spain, whose main goal was to spread Catholicism to "save" the native people.
Spain wished to compete with Portugal for trade.
Allows laws and politics to be refined over time
He discovered that they had a highly advanced civilization with many current amenities such as a postal service. He later took these back to Europe and implemented them into their equality developed nations.
Um The Soviet Union's collapse not only threw economic systems and trade relations throughout Eastern Europe into a tailspin