The Inca Empire, or Inka Empire (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century.
More than anything, the Spanish were seeking wealth.
Christopher Columbus himself thought that he had reached India: he wanted the wealth from the trade with Indians.
In the beginning, the Spanish hoped for Gold and Silver, later also for other products that could be made cheaper in the New World.
In short: the Spanish were not interested in Mexico but in what the ships could bring from Mexico (again, mostly gold).
Some, very few Spaniards, who settled in the New World were too unhappy in Europe and hoped for a better life.
The enlightenment changed the mind set of people where they used reasoning and observation and this led to development of scientific revolution.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Enlightenment came in the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries majorly in France and with the coming of this, the mind set of the humans changed and they paid more attention to observation and experiment which led to the formation of the laws and moved away from superstitions. Because of use of human mind for observation, this led to the development of the scientific revolution where more importance was given to reasoning.
