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Spanish colonies needed many workers because they needed to grow their crops, mine gold and silver, and work in their new cities. Spain wasn't able to have enough Spanish workers so they ended up taking Indians as their slaves, giving them very little food and water forcing thousands to die of starvation and overwork.
If this is sociology, then the answer is that in any crowd, anywhere in the world, people have many different motivations.
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New business practices, new technology, and the expansion of railroads
