The Pros And Cons Of Spanish Colonization

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The New World left many challenges to settlers seeking a new life in a place that offered so much glory and chances to start over for themselves. Some nations had been much more successful than others, whether it was through expansion, farming, or finding riches. Colonization had been much different for each nation because of the diversity in the terrain they were colonizing. Spain had been placed geographically in an area that is much warmer than that of the land England was given. England had started colonizing an area that was much harsher in the winter but offered great farming in the summer, overall it proved to be devastating for the new colonies. Spain had occupied and centralized their colonization in central America and South America.

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