Spanish Early Modern AgeOnline version Actividad para repasar esta etapa histórica en España by Laura Mercader Martinez 1 racism 2 exploitation of natural resources 3 commercial expansion 4 new products 5 slavery 6 cross-cultural relations 7 culture and religion 8 disease the indigenous people were used as a workforce and traeated badly they were racist Precious metals were taken from America gold and silver new markets were opened they send new products tomatoes, potatoes and chocolate and also corn or turkey. the Spanish colonisers transported people from the African continent to work and treated them badly different cultures enriched each other when they came into contact they discovered other ways of life the Spanish invaders wanted to convert the indigenous population to Crhistianity and imposed the Spanish Language they forced indigenous to learn it new viruses from Europe attacked living things on the continent and people died for them