How did Spanish colonization and the slave trade in the 17th and 18th centuries impact the diversity of Central American nations today?
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The Conquest and Colonization of Latin America. The Spanish conquest of Latin America brought many important changes to Latin American society. ... Conquered lands in the Americas were often divided among the soldiers. The conquerors used Native Americans to farm the land and work the mines.
When the Europeans came to Latin America they started exporting the raw goods back to Europe. ... When the Portuguese and the Spanish conquered Latin America in the 16th Century they made the natural inhabitants change over to Roman Catholicism. They prohibited the practice of their native religions.
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