Spain sponsored several expeditions to North America. As conquistadors explored new territories, they claimed the areas for Spain. Ponce de León explored and established a colony in Florida. Francisco Coronado traveled as far north as the Great Plains in search of seven cities of gold, but all he found were seven little pueblos.
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People where I was living told me they didn’t even know about it. No, I wasn’t alive during the Spanish American War, but had great-grandparents, uncles and aunts who were. In that time period, there was no radio, television or internet. Newspapers and magazines were luxuries. The primary mail was the occasional delivery of the Sears “wish book.” So the war had come and gone before most people in the US even knew it existed. It was primarily a war for, by and of the elites on the East and West Coast.
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Your question is very ambiguous. Assuming that your question is about colonization, I would try my best to answer. Colonization (taking of land) was justified into three categories: God, gold, and glory.
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<h2>Europeans justified their colonialism that what their doing is "holy work" because they are widening their religious belief (Christianity) to save indigenous people. They used religion to justified their brutal ways of taking the land away from the "indians" and they believed that by their influence, they were giving them a "better" life. Europeans also justifies their colonization by expanding their kingdom and making them more powerful (glory). Lastly, colonization happened because people seek more riches (gold) and spices. </h2>
A plebeian is known as a commoner