The Spanish colonization of America was part of a larger historical process, later called colonialism, through which various

European powers incorporated a considerable amount of territory and peoples in the Americas, Asia and Africa between the 15th and 20th centuries. The Spanish domination of America began when the Spanish Crown conquered vast territories of the Americas, and the inhabitant peoples, extending the vast Spanish empire. This was due to submit to various native cultures that were already established in 1492 when the Spanish explorers arrived on American soil. In the worst aspects of colonial dynamics, the Spanish Empire to stand against other European powers, depopulated Spain and consumed the wealth that the Spanish transport added to Gold and Silver brought to Europe from America, where the metals had no om America, where the metals had no commercial value. Moreover, some historians

argue the case for mortality figures to as many as 90 million Native Americans, overwhelmingly from introduced diseases and forced labor. For these reasons organizations representing indigenous communities demand the recognition of a genocide. However, figures presented by different scholars vary enormously according to the methodologies used to calculate initial populations and the presumed effects of disease and colonization. This is the cause of hotly contested arguments amongst historians, archaeologists and interested political groups