Spanish conquistadors were searching for gold and ________ which can be by force or by choice.
What is converts
a person who wants to stop, destroy, or completely end a specific practice or institution, most famously chattel slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
A legal and social system where enslaved people are classified as personal, lifelong, and hereditary property, meaning their children are also born into bondage.
What is chattel slavery?
An economic theory where European colonial powers exploited colonies and controlled trade routes to maximize their own national wealth.
What is Mercantilism?
This belief system became the dominant religion of the Americas after Spanish conquest and colonization.
What is Christianity or more specifically Catholicism.