<span>The main reason for the Spanish colonizers manage to tap the wealth of measoamerica and the andes is,
By capitalizing on preexisting systems of tribute and labor discipline.
Spanish colonizers capitalized on preexisting systems of tribute and labor discipline to tap the enormous wealth of mesoamerica and the Andes. Once native rulers were overthrown, the Spanish monarchs transferred their institutions—municipal councils, the legal code, and the Catholic Church—to America.</span>
The major criticism of the Catholic Church put forward by the Protestants during this time was that the Church had "lost its way" and become too focused on pageantry than on truly serving God.
